Local MP Drew Hendry met with Macdonald Hotels and Resorts Chairman Donald Macdonald over the weekend in a bid to broker new talks on Aviemore swimming pool facilities. The meeting follows the breakdown of previous negotiations between the Highland Council and Macdonald Hotels and Resorts over the use of the Aviemore Resort’s pool by Highlife …
SNP MP Drew Hendry has backed a new campaign from The Scottish Federation of Housing Associations, England’s National Housing Federation, Community Housing Cymru and the Northern Irish Federation of Housing Associations, which calls for a radical overhaul of the Universal Credit system, to protect people from the threat of eviction. The multi-agency campaign has joined …
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Politics is at its best when politicians set aside what divides them. As Councillor, then as Leader of the Council and now as your Member of Parliament, I’ve worked across many political divides for this very reason. I believe it’s what people rightly expect from those in the privileged position of public life. Yet, three …
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A week may be a long time in politics but 15 minutes has proved how Westminster Parliament treats Scotland. The past week will be remembered as the time, Ian Blackford, the SNP Group Leader at Westminster was banished from the House of Commons Chamber and I, and my fellow SNP MPs, left with him. A dramatic …
Can you remember the last time you benefitted from a volunteer? Whether they are running a children’s sports group or maybe acting as stewards on charity fun runs, whatever, we would soon miss them if they weren’t there. They don’t just fulfil needs, they add friendship, joy and inspiration along the way and Volunteer Week (1st -7th June), …
Looking back, we can see the hard work, over many years, that has gone into making tourism a Highland success story. All of that effort means that tourism now accounts for twenty percent of the Highland economy. We all have a vested interest in ensuring that the success continues – and grows – supporting jobs …
Who can blame Highland businesses for tourism tax worries? Read More »
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Highland MP, Drew Hendry has presented three separate petitions against RBS bank closures to Parliament, on behalf of residents of Grantown, Aviemore and Nairn, in a bid to get the UK Government to intervene on the banks decision to close local RBS bank branches. The MP, who represents the constituency of Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch …
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Terminally Ill face ‘worst kind of postcode lottery’ Local MP Drew Hendry has said the UK government is wilfully failing terminally ill people. His comments follow an adjournment debate he led in the House of Commons on the issue of Universal Credit and Terminal Illness. The Highland MP, told the DWP Minister that despite him …
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SNP MPs have highlighted the continuing Brexit chaos at PMQs today. Hannah Bardell and Drew Hendry both highlighted the prime minister’s inability to answer ‘even the most straightforward questions’ and show once again the deeply worrying Tory failures on Brexit. Across a range of issues the prime minister is still unable to show any resolution …
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