I’m extremely proud to announce that I have been elected as a Vice Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Post Offices. Post Offices are a vital public service which deserves investment and respect – not managed decline as we are seeing from the UK Government. I have fought for communities and staff since […]
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Boris Johnson’s Brexit Bill has received Royal Assent. Scotland will now be dragged from the EU against our will on the 31st of January. Our jobs, services and rights will be stripped. Trade will be harder. Workers’ Rights and environmental protections will be put on the Brexit bonfire. And it will be harder for our […]
The SNP has welcomed the news that the Post Office has agreed to pay hundreds of former staff £58m in settlement fees over a faulty accounting system which led to fines, sackings, prosecutions, bankruptcies and jail sentences over the last decade. The SNP led the call for the UK government to step in and address […]
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 […]
JOBS, PUBLIC SERVICES AND SCOTLAND’S WILL KEY PRIORITIES The SNP’s candidate for Motherwell and Wishaw, Marion Fellows, has said she is ready to fight the December General Election and will put jobs, public services and Scotland’s sovereignty first. Elected as the Member of Parliament in 2015, Mrs Fellows acts as the SNP’s Small Business spokesperson […]
At SNP Conference on Sunday, my motion on Post Offices (seconded by Gavin Newlands MP) was passed by acclaim. Our Post Offices must remain in public hands and receive proper support and investment from the UK Government which has adopted a policy of managed decline so they can justify privatising it. Post Offices are a key […]