The SNP has said Tory plans for a multi-million pound “shock and awe” Brexit advertising campaign are a “waste of taxpayers money” – and called for an apology over the tasteless term closely associated with the Iraq War. The contract for a £4.5million advertising campaign, reported by Politico, follows the £46million Boris Johnson’s government spent on a […]
SNP announces support for students in Stirling
The Scottish Government has brought forward early access to £11.4 million of discretionary funds – which will be administered by colleges and universities – to support higher education students. Students are, due to UK government rules, unable to claim Universal Credit or other benefits. Scottish students studying in Europe as part of EU Portability or […]
Stirling Representatives Back Raploch Memorial Plans
Alyn Smith MP and Bruce Crawford MSP have backed proposals by the Raploch community for a memorial commemorating the area’s war dead and to erect a statue of Billy Bremner, one of Stirling’s historic football legends. Raploch’s Community Council have thrown their support behind resident Mick Lowe, who researched the area’s wartime history and discovered […]
Alyn Smith MP Backs Heart Health Campaign
Stirling MP Alyn Smith has thrown his support behind a charity campaign, aimed at increasing awareness and taking action on Young Sudden Cardiac Death (YSCD). Heart charity Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY) have campaigned vigorously for widespread national testing of young people using ECGs, and are fighting to convince the UK National Screening Committee […]
Parliamentary Newsletter ‘Stirling Matters’, June 2020 (Edition 3)
Alyn Smith MP and Bruce Crawford MSP have today launched the third edition of a regular newsletter titled ‘Stirling Matters’. This newsletter is a handy way of keeping up-to-date with the latest activity from Alyn and Bruce, as they represent their constituents in the parliaments in Edinburgh and London respectively. To be directly emailed each new […]
Stirling MP: UK Gov Must Hold Trump Accountable
Right to Peaceful Protest Must Be Upheld After being contacted by hundreds of Stirling residents, Alyn Smith, MP for Stirling and Shadow SNP Foreign Secretary has voiced his own support for the anti-racism Black Lives Matter movement, and has written to UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab calling on the UK government to urgently address escalating […]
