By-election Success! Friday, 8 November, 2024 On Thursday 7th November, residents across the Mearns went out to the polls for the Mearns Council By-election. Following polling day, our fantastic candidate, local community champion and Save our Mearns co-founder and Chair Tracey Smith was duly elected with over 1,000 votes on the first round. Tracey said: 'It is a privilege to have been elected to serve the Mearns - an area I have lived in for... Local News
New figures show the Government’s Benefit Cap is fixing the welfare system in Scotland 12th November 2013 Nanette Milne, Scottish Conservative MSP for the North East has welcomed new statistics that show 830 households in Scotland have had their benefits capped in... Local News
SNP’s town centre action plan under fire 12th November 2013 The SNP’s plans for regenerating town centres have been criticised by Nanette Milne MSP as being totally insufficient in the battle to revive high streets in... Local News
Auchenblae Has Voted 8th October 2013 Mearns Conservative Cllr George Carr has completed his survey regarding the Lights Out pilot in Auchenblae which was instigated by Aberdeenshire Council in 2011... Local News
Conservatives welcome work on Inveramsay bridge to commence in late 2014 1st October 2013 Nanette Milne, Scottish Conservative MSP for the North East has welcomed the news that work to address the Inveramsay bridge bottleneck is on course to commence... Local News
Tories call for help to increase number of silver surfers 26th September 2013 Nanette Milne, Scottish Conservative MSP for the North East has called on the Scottish Government to act to help increase digital participation among people... Local News
Nanette Milne backs Prostate Cancer UK’s Quality Checklist 24th September 2013 Conservative MSP for the North East, Nanette Milne, has called on NHS Grampian and NHS Tayside to implement Prostate Cancer UK’s Quality Checklist as a first... Local News
Auchenblae - Lights Out - or Not! 19th September 2013 Mearns Conservative Councillor George Carr is putting the final touches to his survey which will cover the whole village of Auchenblae. Local News
How Good is Primary Care at Identifying Patients Who Need Palliative Care ? 19th September 2013 Dr Nanette Milne, Scottish Conservative MSP for the North East has used a Members Debate in the Scottish Parliament to call on SNP Ministers to review the... Local News
Aberdeenshire says ‘no’ in independence referendum 19th September 2013 Nanette Milne, Scottish Conservative MSP for the North East has congratulated Aberdeenshire school pupils who have held a mock referendum on Scottish... Local News
What Eat Out to Help Out actually means for you 8th July 2020 At a time when businesses need support, the new Eat Out to Help Out scheme is a targeted investment in our hospitality sector, providing discounts of up to 50%... National News
Our Plan for Jobs: Our £30bn investment in Britain 8th July 2020 Today the Chancellor announced our Plan for Jobs, worth up to £30 billion, to kickstart the economy and help create, support, and protect jobs across the United... National News
Our record-breaking package of support for UK arts and culture sector 6th July 2020 Today we have announced a world-leading £1.57 billion package of emergency grants and loans to protect Britain’s world-class cultural, arts and heritage... National News
Boris Johnson unveils a New Deal for Britain 30th June 2020 The Prime Minister this morning set out our ‘New Deal’, an ambitious economic strategy to rebuild Britain across the UK, putting jobs, skills and infrastructure... National News
Meet our new MPs: Dr Kieran Mullan, Crewe and Nantwich 25th June 2020 Meet Dr Kieran Mullan, the new MP for Crewe and Nantwich. National News
The Prime Minister’s Update on One-Metre Plus and the fight against COVID-19 24th June 2020 The Prime Minister has set out further changes to lockdown measures in England to enable people to see more of their friends and family, help businesses get... National News
