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
“We will empower police to tackle scourge of violent knife crime,” pledges PM 19th November 2019 A Boris Johnson majority government would take a tough new approach to tackling knife crime and serious violence. National News
Life will mean life for child murderers 19th November 2019 Adults who murder children will be imprisoned for life, without parole, under tough new justice plans to be introduced by a Conservative majority Government. National News
Corbyn’s Pension Tax to cost savers £11,000 and force millions to delay retirement 18th November 2019 New analysis of Corbyn’s tax raid on pensions reveals that 10 million savers could lose an average of over £11,000 and be forced to delay retirement by almost... National News
Labour’s Brexit Policy: Even More Chaos and Indecision 18th November 2019 As per usual, Labour are only offering more talk, more delay and more indecision on Brexit. National News
Prime Minister Boris Johnson's CBI Conference speech 18th November 2019 Read the Prime Minister's speech from the CBI Conference here. National News
Boris Johnson: End the Brexit uncertainty so we can get on with business 17th November 2019 The Prime Minister has unveiled a package of measures designed to help business make the most of Brexit. National News
