Drew Hendry

RELEASE: Research Reveals Majority of UK Firms Feeling Brexit Bite

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The SNP has criticised the UK government over its damaging Brexit deal, after new research revealed that three-quarters of UK firms are struggling with Brexit bureaucracy and delays. In a survey of more than 200 leading industrial companies, 74% said they are facing Brexit-related delays. Meanwhile, over half (51%) have said this has led to increased costs, and […]

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Marie Curie

RELEASE: Drew Hendry MP & Jason Isaacs Support Marie Curie ‘s 35th Great Daffodil Appeal

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Drew Hendry MP, Chair of the UK Government All-Party Parliamentary Group for Terminal Illness, and Harry Potter actor, Jason Isaacs, have joined forces to support end of life charity Marie Curie provide care and support to more people living with a terminal illness. Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & Strathspey MP Drew Hendry and Marie Curie Ambassador

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RELEASE: Highland MP Leads Inquiry into Effects of Poor Social Housing at End of Life

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Drew Hendry MP, who chairs the All-Party Group for Terminal Illness in the UK Parliament, has launched an inquiry into the effects of unsuitable housing and fuel poverty on the care and support people receive at the end of life. Research has found that more than two-thirds of people say they would prefer to die

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RELEASE: SNP Renew Calls for Fast-Tracked Support for Terminally Ill People

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The SNP has renewed calls on the UK government to urgently change rules to allow terminally ill people to get benefits fast-tracked, ahead of today’s debate in the House of Commons. Under current rules, benefits are only fast-tracked if a terminally ill person has a diagnosis of six months or less to live. A bill to

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OMIW Article: Supporting constituents throughout the pandemic

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NHS Highland’s vaccine programme is progressing well, and I have been encouraged by their updates over these past weeks. Many constituents have also been in touch to share their experiences, and feedback has been overwhelmingly positive. I know the wait isn’t easy, but with the most clinically vulnerable now receiving their appointments, the vaccine programme

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RELEASE: “Unforgivable” – Exports Drop 68% after Tory Brexit

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MAJORITY OF SCOTS THINK TORY BREXIT “GOING BADLY”. The SNP has said the damage to UK trade from Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal is “completely unforgivable” – as exports from British ports to the EU fell by 68% in the first month. According to reports in today’s Observer, the Road Haulage Association (RHA) has warned Michael

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RELEASE: Gove admits post Brexit chaos “not just teething problems”

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Commenting on Michael Gove’s admission that post Brexit trade issues are not just “teething problems” but “significant issues” that could risk livelihoods, the SNP’s newly appointed International Trade spokesperson, Drew Hendry MP, said: “After a month of the Tory government insisting that the huge issues exporters and hauliers have faced at the border are just

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