Ten employees of the HMRC Debt Management & Banking team face the loss of their jobs as HMRC re-open a further round of redundancy consultations in the Inverness based office. In April of this year the department already shed fifteen Inverness based jobs when employees, faced with the prospect of compulsory redundancy HMRC staff took […]
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Four projects in Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & Strathspey, are amongst the latest 150 projects across Scotland sharing £1,095,080 of National Lottery funding from Awards For All Scotland. Awards For All Scotland, a joint awards programme from the Big Lottery Fund and sportscotland, gives groups the opportunity to apply for a grant of between £500 and
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“As a Breast Cancer Ambassador, I am particularly passionate about standing up for the women and families affected by the disease in the Highlands” Drew Hendry, MP for Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey has shown his support for women with breast cancer by dressing up in pink and encouraging his constituents to take part in
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On the same day that the Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) report into Rural Delivery was published Highland MP’s took part in an adjournment debate in the House of Commons calling on the UK Government to do more to support consumers living in rural areas. The CAS report highlighted that over one million consumers across Scotland
Consumers should automatically get the choice of the cheapest delivery Read More »
Drew responds to Syria Statement “The Prime Minister committing to 20,000 refugees over the parliament term certainly does not go far enough and coupling the refugee crisis in the same statement as ISIS risks against the UK, was ill judged and in poor taste. His response lacks the leadership shown across Europe and in our
Prime Minister should take the lead from the communities of this constituency Read More »
Many of you have written to ask that I urge the UK Government to do more to help the men, women and children trapped in the humanitarian nightmare we watch unfolding daily across Europe. Be in no doubt, I will do everything I can in this regard as will all my SNP colleagues. I know
Let’s do what is right, what is necessary and restore faith in humanity. Read More »
Nairn Citizens Advice Bureau provides free, confidential and independent advice to everyone who needs it. The CAB aims to ensure individuals do not suffer through a lack of knowledge of their rights and responsibilities, lack of knowledge of the services available to them or through
Supporting those most affected by welfare cuts Read More »
A new Education and Training Programme called Academy9 was launched at Kingussie Academy as part of the A9 Dualling Project today. The initiative aims to develop the educational awareness of careers Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics throughout the life of the A9 dualling
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Drew Hendry MP has welcomed the first investment for his constituency from the City Deal he put in motion with the UK and Scottish Governments He is now pushing for the UK Government to fully commit to the full deal which will
Highland SNP MPs Angus MacNeil, Drew Hendry and Ian Blackford met with SSE to discuss how they can work together with the electricity provider to put an end to the unfair additional charges. Residents of the Highlands and Islands are still paying a 2p surcharge on electricity despite the fact that the area continues
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