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STAGGERING TORY ARROGANCE AS £4BILLION OF TAXPAYERS’ MONEY LITERALLY GOES UP IN SMOKE

Following the release of a scathing report by the cross-party Public Accounts Committee into the UK Government’s procurement of Personal...

VIOLENCE AGAINST ALL WOMEN AND GIRLS MUST END

I am delighted to join calls for the UK Government to adopt the Istanbul Convention on violence against women without exceptions. The...

SCOTLAND’S INDUSTRIAL BIOTECHNOLOGY SECTOR TO EMPLOY 4,000 BY 2025

Patricia Gibson MP has welcomed news that Scotland’s industrial biotechnology sector will employ over 4,000 people and achieve annual...

SUPPORT WITH ENERGY COSTS MAY LEAVE MILLIONS OUT IN THE COLD

There is mounting concern that recently announced help with energy bills will exclude millions of people. It remains very unclear if...

£4 BILLION OF ENGLAND’S NHS COVID PPE TO BE BURNED

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) worth £4,000 million (£4 billion) bought early in the pandemic to prevent NHS staff being infected...

SHOCK STAGECOACH ANNOUNCEMENT

I share the shock and concern of the many constituents who have contacted me about the proposed cancellation of vital Stagecoach bus...

FOOTBALL INDEX SCANDAL – CONSUMERS FAILED AT EVERY TURN

The collapse of Football Index last year has caused serious financial harm to thousands of consumers including many in North Ayrshire and...

GREATER PUBLIC ACCESS TO DEFIBRILLATORS IS ESSENTIAL

I attended an event in Westminster with St Johns Ambulance to see portable defibrillators, manufactured by Rapid Response Revival. These...

CUNNINGHAME CHOIR CONCERT

It was a real treat to attend the first Cunninghame Choir performance since 2019, before lockdown, in Beith Community Centre in Beith....

UK SALES OF ARMS TO SAUDI ARABIA MUST END

I called on the UK Government to end its deplorable practice of selling arms to Saudi Arabia. The brutal Saudi regime is a serial human...