UK GOVERNMENT FORCES SCOTS COUNCILS TO ACT “BLINDFOLDED”

“PROFOUND CONSEQUENCES” FOR LOCAL SERVICES AS SCOTLAND IS “AFTERTHOUGHT” Marion Fellows, the SNP MP for Motherwell and Wishaw, has this week criticised the UK Government for forcing Scottish councils to set tax rates “blindfolded” after a four-month delay to the UK budget and voiced concerns for services in North Lanarkshire. Scottish councils are legally required […]

REJECTED TORIES GIVEN TOP JOBS

STORY: “Nicky Morgan gets Cabinet job and peerage despite vowing to quit Parliament” The Tories’ disdain for democracy knows no bounds as Boris Johnson moves to stuff unelected and rejected Tory members into the House of Lords and the UK Cabinet. With no democratic legitimacy or public accountability, peers should not be able to oversee […]

SNP ELECTED ON REFERENDUM MANDATE

The SNP has been elected on a clear mandate for an independence referendum. The people of Scotland want to decide their own future – not have Boris Johnson decide it for us. The SNP gained a better mandate from the Scottish electorate for an independence referendum than the Tories gained across the UK to form […]

VOTE SNP TO PUT SCOTLAND’S FUTURE IN SCOTLAND’S HANDS

MARION FELLOWS VOWS TO FIGHT SCOTLAND’S CORNER AND SECURE EXTRA FOUR BILLION POUNDS FOR THE NHS Marion Fellows, the Scottish National Party (SNP) candidate for Motherwell and Wishaw who is seeking re-election to the House of Commons, has called on local voters put Scotland’s future in Scotland’s hands at the ballot box on the 12th […]

SNP WILL BRING DOWN TORIES TO RAISE INCOMES

The SNP will lock the Tories out raise incomes across Scotland says the SNP candidate for Motherwell and Wishaw, Marion Fellows, who is seeking re-election on the 12th of December. Mrs Fellows says SNP MPs will use their votes to lock the Tories out of government and will never form a deal with them – […]

SNP TRIPLE BY-ELECTION VICTORY

Last night, the SNP won three out of three council by-elections with a win in Inverness, Rosyth and Dunfermline. Congratulations to those new councillors. These wins show that Scotland demands change. We demand an end to austerity. We demand to determine our own future – not have it determined for us by Boris Johnson and […]