Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has spoken about the need for a balanced approach to housing and furnished holiday lets in local communities, during a debate in Parliament.
Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael has today spoken out against the government’s cuts to visas for health and social care workers and others, during a ministerial statement on migration in the House of Commons.
Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has today led a parliamentary debate on the accountability of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), calling for greater pressure to improve the culture of the government body.
Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has today secured a commitment from the Prime Minister to facilitate a meeting with the Energy Minister, energy suppliers and consumer groups to discuss the upcoming switch off of...
Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has welcomed the passage of the Post Office (Horizon System) Offences Bill in Parliament, which will exonerate postmasters wrongly convicted during the Horizon scandal.
Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael has spoken in Parliament on the need for greater discussion on the UK-wide level about the development of legislation on assisted dying.
Responding to the resignation today of Humza Yousaf as leader of the SNP, following the collapse of the SNP-Scottish Green coalition, Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael said:
Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has today spoken during a parliamentary debate on the Global Ocean Treaty, on the need for greater action on plastic pollution and to preserve biodiversity in the seas.
Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has spoken in a parliamentary debate on the UK space industry of the potential benefits of the SaxaVord space centre in Shetland.
This will be my final eNews of the year and 2024 seems to have gone by very quickly.
The season of goodwill and peace to all is upon us again.
Responding to the UK Government announcing that there will be no compensation for WASPI women, Scottish Liberal Democrat and Shetland MSP Beatrice Wishart said:
I was able to attend the External Transport Forum this week highlighting concerns constituents have raised with me to leaders of Loganair and Serco NorthLink.
Orkney’s MSP Liam McArthur has today spoken out in the Scottish Parliament about the proposed sale and potential closure of the Crown Post Office in Kirkwall, calling for the Post Office to ‘heed the voices of customers, staff and the wider community’.
All eyes were on the budget this week as the Scottish Government made the first statement on details of spending in 2024-25.
Following the annual fisheries round with the UK, Norway and European Union there are cuts in some quotas for important species including cod, reduced by 20%, and herring by 23.9%.
A measure of an event’s significance is often determined by the extent to which we recall where we were on hearing the news. So it was that when I learned of the momentous House of Commons vote.
Commenting on the Scottish Government budget announced today, Orkney’s MSP Liam McArthur said: