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		<title>Western Isles MSP welcomes talks to devolve animal health budgets</title>
		<link>http://hebridestoday.com/2010/06/western-isles-msp-welcomes-talks-to-devolve-animal-health-budgets/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 14:29:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Western Isles SNP MSP, Alasdair Allan, has today welcomed negotiations between Scottish Rural Affairs Secretary, Richard Lochhead, and the UK Government which could lead to animal health budgets being devolved to the Scottish Government from April 2011. “Significant example” Alasdair Allan commented: “It is encouraging that constructive talks...]]></description>
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		<title>Western Isles first to volunteer for rural fuel derogation</title>
		<link>http://hebridestoday.com/2010/06/western-isles-first-to-volunteer-for-rural-fuel-derogation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 16:49:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today SNP MP, Angus MacNeil, raised the value to the wider economy of a Rural Fuel Derogation in Island areas during Treasury Questions and made Na h-Eileanan an Iar the first place to put its enthusiasm on record in Parliament for involvement in an RFD pilot. “A...]]></description>
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		<title>Tesco back minimum price on alcohol</title>
		<link>http://hebridestoday.com/2010/05/tesco-back-minimum-price-on-alcohol/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 May 2010 20:01:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Supermarket Tesco has backed the SNP&#8217;s proposals for minimum pricing. The SNP&#8217;s proposals for a minimum price on alcohol to tackle the problems and cost of alcohol to Scottish society are currently going through the Scottish Parliament. Welcoming Tesco&#8217;s new position Scottish Health Secretary and...]]></description>
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		<title>Western Isles MP writes to chancellor</title>
		<link>http://hebridestoday.com/2010/05/western-isles-mp-writes-to-chancellor/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 17:03:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Rural Fuel” Angus MacNeil SNP MP for Na h-Eileanan an Iar has this morning written to the Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne MP after the publication of the coalition government’s document on a rural fuel pilot project. Last week, Mr MacNeil raised this very...]]></description>
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		<title>SNP win Western Isles seat</title>
		<link>http://hebridestoday.com/2010/05/snp-win-western-isles-seat/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 06:12:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Angus Macneil                            6723 Donald John Macsween             4838 Jean Davis                                   1097 Muro Murray                                1412 Sheena Norquay                         647 Electorate is 21,780 Total votes cast   14,743 Turnout   67.69% 6 spoilt papers]]></description>
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		<title>To make RET permanent vote SNP</title>
		<link>http://hebridestoday.com/2010/04/to-make-ret-permanent-vote-snp/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 16:52:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Economic downturn” Angus MacNeil SNP Na h-Eileanan an Iar has stated  in the final days of the election campaign that the introduction of RET by the Scottish Government in October 2008 on all routes from the Western Isles to mainland ports has been the most successful policy...]]></description>
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		<title>Western Isles road maintenance contracts</title>
		<link>http://hebridestoday.com/2010/04/western-isles-road-maintenance-contracts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 16:44:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SNP for Na h-Eileanan an Iar Angus MacNeil has asked for a meeting with Comhairle Nan Eilean Siar regarding their decision to terminate all road gritting contracts in the Western Isles. Contractors were asked to a meeting yesterday and were told that they were giving...]]></description>
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		<title>You can&#8217;t trust Labour</title>
		<link>http://hebridestoday.com/2010/04/you-cant-trust-labour/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 14:56:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SNP Parliamentary candidate for Na h-Eileanan an Iar Angus MacNeil has said that Labour cannot be trusted. Last July Labour proposed  to cut the Attendance Allowance however, shortly before the election, those plans were dropped. The Labour Government had plans to do away with Attendance Allowance payments to fund...]]></description>
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		<title>Western Isles SNP candidate welcomes Boiler scrappage Scheme</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 14:21:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SNP Parliamentary candidate for Na h-Eileanan an Iar constituency Angus MacNeil has welcomed today&#8217;s announcement from the Scottish Government that the Boiler scrappage Scheme will commence in Scotland from the 24th May.It is estimated that the scheme will help an estimated 5,000 households in Scotland cut...]]></description>
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		<title>SNP launch viral poster showing how opposition ignore Scotland</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 18:02:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Only hours after Labour said they are scrapping the planned rise in cider duty because of the backlash, and on the day the AA is warning that petrol prices are set to hit an all-time high, SNP MP Angus MacNeil said voters throughout Scotland would be asking...]]></description>
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		<title>Western Isle MSP welcomes reduction in prescription charges</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 16:59:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Western Isles SNP MSP, Alasdair Allan, has today welcomed the last reduction in prescription charges by the Scottish Government before they are abolished entirely next year. &#8220;Abolished completely&#8221; Alasdair Allan commented: In these hard economic times, thousands of people in the Western Isles are already...]]></description>
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		<title>SNP focus on fuel prices</title>
		<link>http://hebridestoday.com/2010/03/snp-focus-on-fuel-prices/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 18:48:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Sky high fuel taxes” The SNP has launched the latest strand of its election campaign with a call for lower fuel prices across Scotland. Candidates across the country will be distributing over 60,000 campaign postcards in the next few days urging voters who want to...]]></description>
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		<title>Affordable home cuts in the Hebrides</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:35:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Scottish Labour has learned that the SNP is proposing to cut the Affordable Housing Investment Programme by over £140 million. The scale of the cuts is revealed in a private document prepared to assist local authorities with detailed planning. “Western Isles are facing reductions “...]]></description>
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		<title>Do Western Isles Lib-Dems agree with Tavish</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:33:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Denounce the provision of RET Ferry Fares&#8221; SNP MSP for Western Isles, Alasdair Allan, has asked the Lib-Dems in the Western Isles whether they agree with the stance of their Scottish Leader Tavish Scott, who today used First Ministers Question Time to denounce the provision...]]></description>
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		<title>MPs will push for fair fuel regulator</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:20:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Fuel up 11.46% since 2008&#8243; 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...]]></description>
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		<title>Western Isles MP welcomes UKBA decision</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:34:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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...]]></description>
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		<title>Western Isles MSP welcomes backing for winter weather payments</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 11:27:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Western Isles  MSP, Alasdair Allan, has today welcomed the backing of Scotland&#8217;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...]]></description>
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		<title>Western Isles MSP speaks on airport parking charges</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 11:49:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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....]]></description>
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		<title>Fears Hebrides will lose police sniffer dog</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:44:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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...]]></description>
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		<title>Western Isles councillor takes SNP group to task</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 15:37:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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...]]></description>
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