25 March 2009
Rhoda Grant, Highlands & Islands Regional Labour MSP, has welcomed an announcement by James Purnell, the Work & Pensions Secretary, regarding benefit support for self-employed Harris Tweed weavers who find themselves unemployed.
Mrs Grant said “Last year I wrote to the Chancellor of the Exchequer highlighting the plight that self-employed Harris Tweed weavers can [...]
Highlands and Islands MSP encouraged by Minister’s Announcement on Support for Weavers
SNP Government NHS allocations to Western Isles “fail to keep pace” with Labour spending increases
24 March 2009
Rhoda Grant, Highlands and Islands Labour regional MSP said today that the SNP Government’s own figures indicate that their spending on the NHS in the Western Isles “has failed to keep pace with the increases in real terms spending by the previous Labour-led Scottish Executive.”
Mrs. Grant said, “Cold statistics tell a different story [...]
Rhoda Grant MSP : SNP’S Forest Sell-Off Plans Dead
06 March 2009
SNP plans to lease large swathes of Scotland’s forests to a private company should be removed from the Climate Change Bill, according to a report published today by the Rural Affairs and Environment Committee.
Welcoming the report, Highlands and Islands Labour regional MSP Rhoda Grant said, “Labour has opposed these deeply unpopular plans [...]
Highland MSP concern over the Withdrawal of Post Bus
03 March 2009
Rhoda Grant, Highlands and Islands Labour regional MSP has expressed her concern over the plans by the Post Office to withdraw the Post Bus service running between Shieldaig and Strathcarron.
Mrs Grant commented, “I have been approached by a constituent who is anxious about the Post Office’s plans to end this service next month. [...]
