Highland MP, Drew Hendry has presented three separate petitions against RBS bank closures to Parliament, on behalf of residents of Grantown, Aviemore and Nairn, in a bid to get the UK Government to intervene on the banks decision to close local RBS bank branches. The MP, who represents the constituency of Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch […]
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Terminally Ill face ‘worst kind of postcode lottery’ Local MP Drew Hendry has said the UK government is wilfully failing terminally ill people. His comments follow an adjournment debate he led in the House of Commons on the issue of Universal Credit and Terminal Illness. The Highland MP, told the DWP Minister that despite him
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SNP MPs have highlighted the continuing Brexit chaos at PMQs today. Hannah Bardell and Drew Hendry both highlighted the prime minister’s inability to answer ‘even the most straightforward questions’ and show once again the deeply worrying Tory failures on Brexit. Across a range of issues the prime minister is still unable to show any resolution
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Readers of Rough Guides will already know that Scotland was ranked as the second top country in the world to visit in 2017 and the most welcoming country. Such recognition isn’t just due to the sheer breath-taking beauty on our doorsteps but also the warm welcome visitors to the Highlands receive. As we know, tourism
Highland MP, Drew Hendry has said that a U-turn from the UK government on housing benefit for under 21s shows the Tories have ‘finally realised that they wouldn’t get away with penalising young people through this appalling policy.’ The comments come as the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) published a written statement – just
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SNP MP Drew Hendry has said that the Prime Minister must clarify what has changed in UK government policy on fishing in the space of just one week, following misleading statements issued by Michael Gove and Ruth Davidson. During PMQs today, the SNP MP for Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & Strathspey said that both Michael Gove,
Local MP Drew Hendry has expressed support for 6 year old Alfie Dingley and his family in their quest to secure access to medical cannabis to help alleviate the symptoms of Alfie’s very rare and severe epilepsy. Alfie is one of nine boys in the world with a genetic condition which causes him to suffer
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Last Thursday was International Women’s Day. It is an annual day of celebration around the world but also a useful reminder that much more has to be done to achieve gender equality globally. This year’s events also coincided with the 100-year anniversary of some women securing the vote. That there are people alive today, who were born
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SNP MP Drew Hendry has condemned the UK government’s shambolic Universal Credit (UC) roll out which is now putting up to 71,000 Scottish tenants renting in the private sector vulnerable to eviction because of long waits for Universal Credit payments The comments come as figures sourced from the House of Commons Library shows that around
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Leaked Highland Council Budget Proposals The impact of the UK Government’s obsession with austerity, continues to be felt in thousands of households across the Highlands. This continues to mean that the Highlands, indeed Scotland, face significant challenges when it comes to maintaining services. It is a challenge that the Scottish Government continues to have to
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