Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has today in Parliament warned that there was a “need for speed” in the government’s response to the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman’s report on women affected by...
Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has today called on transport ministers to use its financial clout to ensure that search-and-rescue helicopter crew continue to have fair pay and conditions in their dispute with Bristow Helicopters.
Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has spoken out in a parliamentary debate to back calls for the government to create a Palestinian family visa scheme for Palestinian people affected by the conflict in Gaza.
Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has today called for the government and Ofgem to “catch up” on the development of a social tariff for energy, after the bosses of two of the UK’s biggest energy companies...
Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has today spoken in Parliament on Global Intergenerational Week 2024 to highlight the importance of building up ways for different generations in the UK to connect and engage with one another.
Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has welcomed the announcement today of £3m funding for the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) from the UK government, calling the support “overdue but necessary”.
Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael has today called on the government to suspend arms sales to Israel as it begins another attack on Rafah in Gaza.
Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has today called for a new government to put farming and crofting “at the heart” of its work...
Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, on Thursday afternoon led a debate in the main chamber of the House of Commons on pension schemes, warning that cuts to pension schemes by companies would be “the canary in the coalmine”...
Orkney’s MSP Liam McArthur has urged the government once again to do more to help island councils address challenges in recruiting and retaining staff providing earlier learning and childcare in Orkney.
Orkney’s MSP Liam McArthur today pressed the Scottish Government to go further in making up the shortfall in funding to allow the process of procuring new ferries to get underway.
As the mountains of washing up are finally done and Christmas decorations are packed away for another year, there is perhaps time to reflect on the year that has passed and what might be in store for the year ahead.
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.