Stirling MP Alyn Smith and local Councillor Evelyn Tweed have expressed concerns regarding reports of valuable produce rotting at the border due to Brexit costs, red tape and bureaucracy. Hundreds of thousands of pounds of meat exporters from the UK to the EU have been stuck in ports in recent weeks as the UK Tory’s […]
Over £830k Committed to Support Local Businesses
Stirling Council First in Country to Rollout Discretionary Fund Stirling Council has agreed the rollout of its Discretionary Fund to support businesses through the Covid-19 crisis, making it the first local authority to do so in Scotland. The Council received a grant from the Scottish Government of £836,303. This is part of the £30 million […]
Stirling MP Concerned Over Social Media Vaccine Disinformation
Local MP Alyn Smith has written to Facebook’s UK leadership, after concerned constituents got in touch over targeted Facebook adverts full of disinformation on Scotland’s vaccination programme. The ads from the @ScotVaxFacts Facebook page have led to outrage, as it shares dubious claims seeking to undermine the Scottish Government’s vaccine rollout programme as well as […]
SNP Condemn Vaccine Nationalism
‘Nobody is safe until everybody is safe’ SNP Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Alyn Smith MP has today (Tuesday) in Foreign Affairs Questions in the House of Commons condemned the tone of statements by some UK Ministers and called for increased action from the UK government towards a global Covid response. He highlighted the $4.3billion shortfall in […]
Local MP Calls for Local Exporter Compensation for Tory Brexit Gridlock
Stirling MP Alyn Smith has backed calls for the UK Tory government to provide compensation to Scotland’s food and drink sector after weeks of Brexit related trade issues. The sector has faced a series of new challenges, with hospitality supplies essentially suspended, as a result of the Tory Brexit deal – after Scotland was taken […]
Chancellor Must Fix Support Gaps as a Priority
Stirling MP Alyn Smith has called on the UK Government to act urgently to correct glaring gaps within existing Covid-19 financial support schemes. In a letter to the Chancellor Rishi Sunak, Mr Smith highlights how, almost one year on from the beginning of the pandemic, there still exists a lack of provision for PAYE freelance […]