Stirling SNP MP Alyn Smith has co-signed a letter with the All-Party Group of MPs for Hospitality and Tourism, demanding that the Chancellor do more to support the hospitality and tourism industries during the pandemic crisis. The letter will be delivered to the Chancellor as the UK government prepares to unveil their Budget on the […]
Alyn Smith MP Backs Action on 3 Million Excluded from Covid-19 Support
Stirling MP Alyn Smith has backed cross-party calls to the UK Chancellor, pushing for urgent action regarding the 2.93 million people across the UK who remain excluded from Covid-19 related financial support schemes. The letter, signed by dozens of MPs from the Gaps in Support All Party Parliamentary Group, challenges the Treasury to address the […]
Stirling MP Pushes for Answers on Hospitality VAT Cut and Business Rates Relief
Stirling MP Alyn Smith has called on the UK Government to provide businesses across Stirling and Scotland further support, requesting an extension to both the temporary VAT rate of 5% for the hospitality industry, and the current 100% business rates holiday. In his letter to the UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak, Mr Smith notes that sales […]
Stirling MP Urges Action on Equitable Life Pension Scandal
Alyn Smith MP has called on the UK Government to step up and take its responsibilities in the ongoing Equitable Life pension scandal more rigorously. The firm crashed in 2000, owing policyholders billions. In 2010 the UK Government agreed a £1.5 billion compensation package, far short of what campaign group EMAG claims should have been […]
6,815 People in Stirling Area At Risk From Tory Universal Credit Cut
Stirling MP Alyn Smith is calling on the Tory government to u-turn on plans to cut Universal Credit in the middle of an economic crisis – after new figures revealed that Boris Johnson’s plan to remove the £20 per week uplift in April would hit 6,815 people in Mr Smith’s constituency. Latest statistics show that […]
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 […]