Highlands and Islands MSP encouraged by Minister’s Announcement on Support for Weavers

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 [...]