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
Labour’s NHS policy descends into chaos 13th November 2019 Labour’s own research into shorter working hours has warned that a 35 hour week would hit hospitals and cause staff shortages. National News
12 Questions to Boris Johnson 12th November 2019 Boris Johnson's funny moments come up a lot in his general election broadcast, but the message is clear. National News
Only the Conservatives can be trusted to deliver jobs 12th November 2019 Since we came into office, we have fixed Labour’s mess and broken employment records.The number of people in full-time jobs is at a record high; we’ve taken the... National News
10 ways Labour would wreck our economy 12th November 2019 A Corbyn government means wasteful spending that would wreck the economy and dangerous plans to seize control of private businesses – at huge expense to the... National News
Workers to lose a month’s wages in higher taxes to pay for Corbyn’s reckless spending plans 12th November 2019 New research reveals that Labour’s reckless spending plans could hand an additional £2,400 bill to every taxpayer every year if Jeremy Corbyn becomes Prime... National News
Jeremy Corbyn's Labour Party can't be trusted on national security 11th November 2019 Just like they haven’t been able to decide on Brexit, Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party can’t be trusted not to dither on fundamental matters of national security... National News
