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
MSP welcomes Medal and clasp for Arctic convoy and bomber veterans 27th February 2013 Nanette Milne, Scottish Conservative MSP for the North East has welcomed the news that veterans who served on Arctic convoys and in Bomber Command during World... Local News
MSP welcomes 30-year high for North Sea oil investment 25th February 2013 Nanette Milne, Scottish Conservative MSP for the North East has welcomed the news that investment in the North Sea is the highest for 30 years and rising... Local News
Conservatives call for North East man’s fight for cancer drugs accessibility to be won 21st February 2013 Speaking in the Scottish Conservatives Debate on Health, Dr Nanette Milne, Scottish Conservative MSP for the North East and Member of the Scottish Parliaments... Local News
North East must be given flood priority status 21st February 2013 Nanette Milne, Scottish Conservative MSP for the North East has called on SNP Ministers to make Grampian a flood priority area. The North East MSP has also... Local News
Laurencekirk Swimming Pool – Time to campaign…. 20th February 2013 Mearns Conservative Cllr George Carr has said he can see no reason why a swimming pool cannot be delivered in Laurencekirk following a discussion at Kincardine... Local News
‘Swap fags for swag’, Nanette Milne MSP urges smokers on No Smoking Day 19th February 2013 Dr Nanette Milne, Scottish Conservative MSP for the North East and Shadow Minister for Public Health, is encouraging thousands of smokers in the North East to... Local News
Report from legal experts shows independent Scotland would be completely separate state under international law 13th February 2013 A new report from the UK Government has this week made clear that an independent Scotland would be regarded as a completely separate state under international... Local News
SNP budget offers little good news for the North East 8th February 2013 Commenting on the SNP Scottish Government’s budget Nanette Milne, Scottish Conservative MSP for the North East said: “The SNP have once again delivered a budget... Local News
Dermatology beds fall despite rise in referrals 8th February 2013 The number of beds dedicated to patients with painful and life-threatening skin conditions has almost halved in the last 10 years, figures have revealed. Local News
Vote on Thursday to break the gridlock 10th December 2019 Two days before polling day, the Prime Minister is taking nothing for granted - whilst the Conservatives only need to gain 9 seats to get an overall majority... National News
Cost of Corbyn: Labour's plans for 108 new taxpayer funded quangos revealed 10th December 2019 New analysis shows that Labour’s manifesto commits to creating over 100 new quangos, with a total cost of £13.2 billion over the next five years. National News
Brexit, actually 9th December 2019 Boris Johnson's funny election advert parodies Love Actually but makes an important point: this election is too close to call. National News
Revealed: Labour’s plan to make our streets less safe 9th December 2019 Labour’s opposition to stop and search would increase crime on our streets, putting frontline officers and communities at risk. National News
Sport investment will get us ready for the World Cup bid 7th December 2019 A Conservative Majority Government will put a £550 million investment in grassroots football at the centre of its plans to back a UK and Ireland World Cup 2030... National News
Jeremy Corbyn’s plans to rig a second EU referendum 6th December 2019 The Prime Minister has written a letter urging Jeremy Corbyn to reconsider his Brexit policy and his plans to fiddle Labour’s second Brexit referendum. National News
