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The Fight to Safeguard Essential Banking and Postal Services in Rural Communities

As you may know, I have presented the Banking and Postal Services (Rural Areas) Bill, an essential piece of legislation designed to protect the services that our communities across Badenoch and Strathspey so vitally rely on, to the House of Commons. Your voices have been instrumental in driving this process forward. From listening to those …

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RELEASE: Tories Trade Bill Designed to Dodge Scrutiny

SNP WARNS NHS ON THE TABLE IN FUTURE TRADE DEALS The SNP has criticised the Tory government for shutting down Parliamentary scrutiny and railroading ahead with its damaging post-Brexit Trade Bill. It comes after the UK government voted down measures which sought to give Parliament a role in future trade talks and to take the …

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Internal market Bill breaks international law

UK Government aims to break international law and devolution When the UK Government’s Internal Market Bill was launched, an establishment newspaper in Scotland called it a day of national shame and infamy. It was right. With malice aforethought, the UK Government are breaking international law. In a “specific and limited way” is how the Prime …

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