SNP “PARTY OF WORKING PEOPLE” SAYS MP CANDIDATE

In the final week of the General Election campaign, the SNP’s candidate for Motherwell and Wishaw, Marion Fellows, has claimed that the SNP has replaced Labour as the party of working people. Marion, a former EIS-FELA trade union representative, made the claim following the release of the SNP’s manifesto released last week which included policies […]

TORY RAPE CLAUSE DOMINATES LOCAL MP HUSTINGS

The Tories’ ‘Rape Clause’ dominated a Mossend hustings at the Holy Family Church last week in which four candidates for Motherwell and Wishaw took part. The ‘Rape Clause’ is a Tory policy that would prevent families claiming Child Tax Credit for more than two of their children unless their child was the result of rape. […]

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MP VISITS HMP SHOTTS

Motherwell and Wishaw MP, Marion Fellows, visited HMP Shotts this week to discuss changes made to Prison Officers’ pensions and to learn more about the work they do to. Following the increase in the state pension age, the Police and prison staff also had their age of eligibility for their pension scheme raised to 68. […]

Police in Wishaw & Motherwell attacked once every two days

Police in Wishaw & Motherwell attacked once every two days, new figures reveal Our police officers do exemplary work to keep our communities safe. That often means putting themselves in danger. For that, we all must recognise the great efforts they take to tackle crime and keep us safe. Recent figures are promising. Knife crime […]

Refugees Welcome, No to SDL

Counter rally held against Scottish Defence League’s Wishaw demonstration. I was delighted and proud to see so many local people take to Wishaw Main Street in order to make clear that our new Syrian neighbours are more than welcome in our town. It is important that we as a community continue to show that spirit […]