Northern Isles representatives Alistair Carmichael MP and Liam McArthur MSP have today written to Post Office management to demand a meeting over the proposed sale and potential closure of the Crown Post Office in Kirkwall.
Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has today raised concerns with the Rural Affairs Secretary in Parliament over plans to end the ringfenced agriculture budget in the devolved administrations.
Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has today warned that the NHS risks “going into reverse” if the National Insurance Contribution increase is not offset for GPs and other care providers.
Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has today welcomed news that no decisions have been made on the closure of Crown Post Offices, including in Kirkwall...
Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has this evening voted to abolish hereditary peers from the House of Lords, calling it “a bizarre anachronism”.
Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has called on the government to give updates on its actions over fuel poverty, including on the planned shutdown of radio teleswitch services, renewal of...
Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has spoken out in Parliament on the need to avoid “cutting out the feet” of fishermen through quota reallocation and other access changes, during a debate on the future of fishing after 2026.
Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has today warned that isles GPs and care providers must be given support to offset the Budget’s National Insurance tax hike.
Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has today led an Urgent Question in the House of Commons on the implications of last week’s Budget for farming communities.
The Welfare of Dogs (Scotland) Bill was passed in the Scottish Parliament last week.
Scottish Liberal Democrat and Shetland MSP, Beatrice Wishart has marked Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) at the Scottish Parliament.
Last Thursday, as the last rites were read over the Scottish Government’s flagship, National Care Service, few tears were shed. This hapless attempt by the SNP to centralise care services proved singularly unpopular.
Orkney MSP Liam McArthur today spoke in the Holocaust Memorial Day debate in the Scottish Parliament, noting this year’s theme, ‘For a Better Future’, and drawing on the grave lessons of the Holocaust.
Scottish Liberal Democrat and Shetland MSP Beatrice Wishart has attended the launch of the Scottish Brain Tumour Research Centre of Excellence at the University of Edinburgh Institute for Regeneration and Repair.
Orkney’s MSP Liam McArthur has today highlighted South Ronaldsay and Burray Development Trust’s bid to purchase the Tomb of the Eagles, praising the Trust and the national funding bodies supporting their bid.
Commenting following the news that the Scottish Government will be providing a significant uplift in funding for ferries and island connectivity as well as additional flexibility, Orkney’s MSP Liam McArthur said:
This week the Scottish Government brought forward a motion calling on the UK Labour Government to pay compensation to the 1950s women impacted by the lack of notice to changes to their state pension age.
Commenting after the Scottish Government announced it would no longer proceed with plans to institute a National Care Service, Orkney’s MSP Liam McArthur said:
