Sometimes a week in Westminster can be momentous, some days even infamous – last week was something else! On Monday, the Tories passed a bill that was nothing short of an attack on workers’ rights, specifically the basic right to withdraw labour in disputes. They were happy to clap nurses, but now they want to …
DREW HENDRY MP: UK GOVERNMENT MUST NOT ABANDON HOUSEHOLDS ON COST OF LIVING CRISIS This week Drew Hendry MP renewed calls on the UK Government to keep its promises to protect people from the worst of the Cost of Living Crisis. The Highland MP has specifically urged the Chancellor to extend the £400 Energy Bill …
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LOCAL MP URGES FOREIGN SECRETARY TO PRIORITISE HUMAN RIGHTS AND CLIMATE JUSTICE Highland MP Drew Hendry has written to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, James Cleverly MP, to highlight what he believes should be the Foreign Office’s current priorities. Mr Hendry, who is the SNP’s Spokesperson for Foreign Affairs at Westminster, …
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There can’t be many people who hold the banking industry up as a positive example of anything, but at least you get to choose how much of your money is retained in your bank account. You may even be paid interest. The same cannot, however, be said about most energy companies. Soaring prices of energy …
The Highlands, throughout its proud and long stretching history, has always been a place of strong community bonds. We have a tradition, borne out in front of us all in real-time during the Pandemic, of caring for and helping our neighbours. 2023 will, in all likelihood, be a year when that sense of community will …
Scotland is an ancient European country and existed as such while much of the world was still to be explored and the map of the world was incomplete. Scots have always travelled for trade and adventure, and we went further as the world was unveiled and new societies encountered. As a nation, as Scots, we …
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Halloween is a time when scary things are supposed to happen. Ghosts, zombies, and ghouls are the order of the day. Westminster, however, hasn’t waited and has been playing out its own real-life horror stories within the crumbling walls of the Palace. Like some ghastly rickety fanfare, we’ve seen frightening and dangerous things unfold for …
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Drew wrote a letter to the Royal Mail CEO, urging him to end attack on Royal Mail Postal Worker. The letter was co-signed by several other MPs – read at Royal-Mail-Strikes-251022
I often write about supporting families worried about the cost-of-living crisis in these articles. I do so because these issues matter in a big way to local households. That sometimes means other vital issues don’t make this column but are very important to local residents. One such issue is the poor bus service across the …
