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  • MPs will push for fair fuel regulator

    MPs will push for fair fuel regulator

    “Fuel up 11.46% since 2008″ Latest figures from the AA revealing that drivers have endured recent petrol tax increases up to five times higher than in other European countries, show why the SNP is right to propose a fuel duty regulator says SNP MP Angus MacNeil. According to the AA the burden of fuel duty and VAT [...]

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  • Western Isles MP welcomes UKBA decision

    Western Isles MP welcomes UKBA decision

    Western Isles MP Angus MacNeil has welcomed the announcement from the United Kingdom Border Agency that non EU fishermen will be allowed to work on fishing boats within Scottish waters subject to certain conditions. This issue has been a cause for concern for many fishing boat skippers in the islands, and I am now glad [...]

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  • Western Isles MSP welcomes backing for winter weather payments

    Western Isles MSP welcomes backing for winter weather payments

    Western Isles  MSP, Alasdair Allan, has today welcomed the backing of Scotland’s Housing Minister, Alex Neil, for the campaign to have winter weather payments calculated by taking wind chill into account. Mr Neil has recently been corresponding with Helen Goodman MP, Under-secretary of State in the UK Department of Work and Pensions on this issue. Mr Neil draws [...]

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  • Western Isles MSP speaks on airport parking charges

    Western Isles MSP speaks on airport parking charges

    Western Isles MSP, Alasdair Allan, yesterday spoke in a debate in the Scottish Parliament on proposals for car parking charges at the three HIAL airports in Stornoway, Sumburgh and Kirkwall. Speaking in the debate, Alasdair Allan said: “A number of factors make island airports different. First, cars are not primarily left there by tourists. Some islanders may [...]

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  • Fears Hebrides will lose police sniffer dog

    Fears Hebrides will lose police sniffer dog

    Western Isles MP Angus MacNeil has written to the Chief Constable of Northern Constabulary, Ian Latimer after being informed of the possibility that the police sniffer dog may be removed from the islands and stressed to him the importance of having a police sniffer dog permanently based in the Western Isles. Mr MacNeil told Hebrides news [...]

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  • Western Isles councillor takes SNP group to task

    Western Isles councillor takes SNP group to task

    Western Isles Councillor and Labour prospective parliamentary candidate for Westminster, Donald John MacSween has hit out at SNP members conduct during the Local Authority’s budget setting process. He declared: “Councillor Donald Manford and his misguided followers in the SNP group on the Comhairle have sunk to a new low. “With the Comhairle facing a difficult period when [...]

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  • Historical echo in clan chief tribute

    Historical echo in clan chief tribute

    Echoing one of the legendary stories about the MacNeils of Barra, and on the day of the funeral of the much loved Clan Chief, Iain Roderick MacNeil of Barra, Western Isles  MP, Angus MacNeil said: “It was nce modestly hailed in Gaelic from the ramparts of Kishmuil Castle. “Now that the great MacNeil of Barra has dined, the Princes of [...]

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  • SNP councillor must publicise his own MP’s record

    SNP councillor must publicise his own MP’s record

    Councillor Donald John Macsween has hit back this evening regarding SNP criticism about his non-attendance at the recent Western Isle Council budget meeting. He said: “Councillor Philip McLean of the SNP has blithely gone public asking why I was not at the council budgetary meeting last week yet he has not even bothered to check the [...]

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  • MSP welcomes new Stornoway dental centre

    MSP welcomes new Stornoway dental centre

    Western Isles  MSP, Alasdair Allan, has welcomed the granting of planning permission for the much anticipated new dental centre in Stornoway. Dr Allan told Hebrides news Today: “It is great news that this new dental centre has now been given the go ahead to replace the current building on Bayhead with a modern purpose built facility. [...]

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  • Western Isles MP and MSP express concern overschool cuts

    Western Isles MP and MSP express concern overschool cuts

    Western Isles MP, Angus MacNeil, and MSP, Alasdair Allan, have today responded with “concern” at the extent of the local council’s plans to cut services,including schools, following last night’s stormy meeting of Comhairle nan Eilean Siar. Alasdair Allan commented: “I have been keeping in close touch with the SNP group on the Comhairle and have been aware [...]

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  • Action needed to save Highland Airways

    Action needed to save Highland Airways

    Western Isles MP Angus MacNeil has called on the Secretary of State for Scotland, Jim Murphy MP to intervene to help save Highland Airways. The airline which provides vital links across the Highlands and Islands is currently in discussions with a potential investor. Commenting Angus MacNeil said: “Highland Airways provides an essential service and supports jobs and local [...]

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  • Cancer treatment targets surpassed

    Cancer treatment targets surpassed

    Waiting times for people urgently referred and diagnosed with cancer have now surpassed their target for a year. Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon has welcomed the ISD Scotland figures, showing 96 per cent of patients who were urgently referred and subsequently diagnosed with cancer in June-September 2009 were treated within 62 days. The national target is 95 per [...]

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  • Western Isles MP seeks assurance on search and rescue contract

    Western Isles MP seeks assurance on search and rescue contract

    Western Isles MP Angus MacNeil has written to the Parliamentary Secretary of State at the Ministry of Defence, Quentin Davies MP seeking assurances about the new Search and Rescue Helicopter contract which will be awarded sometime this year. Last week the Government announced that the Soteria Consortium were the preferred bidders for the contract. Mr MacNeil commented: “I [...]

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  • Western Isles Council should take note of public concerns

    Western Isles Council should take note of public concerns

    Commenting before today’s special meeting of Comhairle Nan Eilean Siar’s Enviromental and Protective Services committee, SNP MP Angus MacNeil commented: “I hope councillors think long and hard about the proposals in front of them for the future of the Town Hall in Stornoway. The building is a landmark in the centre of Stornoway. If they agree [...]

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  • Sorrow at death of MacNeil of Barra

    Sorrow at death of MacNeil of Barra

    Commenting on the death this morning of MacNeil of Barra, Iain Roderick, 46th chief of Clan MacNeil, Western Isles MP Angus MacNeil said: “Iain Roderick was much loved and respected in Barra, news of his death will be greeted with feelings of sadness and loss.  He achieved many things in his lifetime.  He was a Professor [...]

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  • Sign up to save a life

    Sign up to save a life

    campaign aiming to increase the number of organ donors in Scotland launched today. Nicola Sturgeon said that three people needlessly die each day waiting for a transplant – and ‘all Scots have the power to make a difference’. Backed by TV adverts with the message Spare Clare, as well as radio promotions, billboards and direct marketing, the [...]

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  • Consultation on alcohol labelling

    Consultation on alcohol labelling

    The Scottish Government, along with the other devolved administrations and Department for Health, has today launched a consultation on alcohol labelling. Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon said that if compliance with the existing voluntary code does not improve, then mandatory labelling will be a ’strong option’. The voluntary agreement, which has not been universally implemented, states that labels [...]

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  • Western Isles Council Cuts

    Western Isles Council Cuts

    Commenting ahead of this week’s difficult decisions on Comhairle budgets prospective Liberal Democrat candidate Jean Davis said, “Reports of cuts to front line services provided by Western Isles Council are alarming to say the least. Contrast these reports with commitments from the Health Board to maintain front line services.” “The council is in a difficult situation. Not [...]

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  • Anticipating Western Isles Council Tax freeze

    Anticipating Western Isles Council Tax freeze

    Almost all council tax bills in the 2010 billing period in Scotland have been frozen, however in the Western Isles, Shetland and Angus taxpayers are still waiting to see if their bills will also be held on ‘ice’ at the current levels. Twenty nine local authorities throughout Scotland have now confirmed the move and it is [...]

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  • New funds to fix roads

    New funds to fix roads

    New funding will be made available to help fix damage to roads after this winters unprecedented weather. SNP Finance Secretary John Swinney is to give an extra £5 million to local authorities to meet the cost of the cold weather and ensure they have the funding to fix the damage to Scotland’s roads. Announcing the funds from [...]

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