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
Jeremy Corbyn’s policy of continuing free movement with the EU would cost over £4 billion in benefits 27th November 2019 New analysis has revealed that Jeremy Corbyn’s plan to continue free movement with EU countries would cost DWP over £4 billion in extra benefit costs over the... National News
Boris Johnson: Poor mobile phone signal will be a thing of the past 27th November 2019 The scourge of poor mobile phone signal in rural areas will be a thing of the past under bold new plans to be fast tracked in the first 100 days of a... National News
New national vaccination reminder system to boost childhood vaccination rates 27th November 2019 A Conservative majority government will introduce a national vaccination reminder system to boost childhood vaccination rates. National News
Tax hikes for the many – new report reveals millions face tax hikes under Labour 26th November 2019 A new official report released by the Conservative Party today, The Twelve Taxes of Labour, shows Labour’s manifesto would mean taxes rising for millions of... National News
Jeremy Corbyn's plan to hold two referendums will take up the whole of 2020 and will cost over £150m 26th November 2019 New analysis has revealed that Jeremy Corbyn’s plan to hold two referendums in 2020 will take until September 2020 at the very earliest, and that the cost will... National News
Conservatives ask Labour - will you get Brexit done? 25th November 2019 Conservative candidates across the country have today written to their Labour opponents asking them to confirm where they stand on Brexit and whether they will... National News
