Highland MP, Drew Hendry has said that a U-turn from the UK government on housing benefit for under 21s shows the Tories have ‘finally realised that they wouldn’t get away with penalising young people through this appalling policy.’ The comments come as the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) published a written statement – just …
TORY U-TURN ON APPAULLING HOUSING BENEFIT POLICY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE Read More »
People in the Highlands and Islands and other rural areas are still paying excessive delivery charges and Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey MP, Drew Hendry, has tabled a parliamentary motion calling for a “People’s Delivery Guarantee” to encourage fair charging and to stop unfair advertising. He has used the opportunity of a meeting with the U.K. …
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A good broadband service is an essential for modern life therefore I was pleased to see Superfast Broadband reach the banks of Loch Ness a couple of weeks ago. So much so that I turned interviewer to hear the views of Mr Loch Ness himself, Willie Cameron of Cobbs (see video below). It has been …
“I think everyone was looking forward to seeing the Rosebank church building operational again and we were watching with interest as work progressed, so this news is the last thing we would all want to hear. I understand that the council are cooperating with 1st Steps Childcare ltd to ensure that they can continue to …
Halt to development of Rosebank Church Building in Nairn Read More »
On the same day that the Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) report into Rural Delivery was published Highland MP’s took part in an adjournment debate in the House of Commons calling on the UK Government to do more to support consumers living in rural areas. The CAS report highlighted that over one million consumers across Scotland …
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