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Redoubling Focus After Recess The Scottish Parliament resumes in a few days’ time. Speaking personally, this year’s summer recess has been productive, informative and the kind…

Recess Visits Bring Home Impact of Cost Crisis For the first time in a couple of years, the summer parliamentary recess has afforded me the chance…

Seeking Better Public Transport for Angus One of the main constituency issues occupying my time of late has been public transport. To be more accurate, the…

Recognising Local Volunteers As part of my role as MSP for Angus South, I am lucky enough to have the opportunity to visit local organisations all…

Addressing Poverty Premium of Pre-payment Meters Food prices are rising, fuel prices have skyrocketed, and people all over Scotland continue to be affected by the increasing…

The Importance of Council Elections Local authority elections attract nothing like the focus of General Elections to the House of Commons, nor of our national elections…

A Busy Few Weeks It has been a busy past few weeks for my constituency office – and all the better for it. The office has…

Hope for Recovery in the New Year The Festive season has always been a time for people to come together, and given the difficulties of the…

Reflecting on Storm Arwen Storm Arwen – dubbed the worst UK storm in decades – brought destructive wind, rain and snow to our shores, leaving more…

My Experience at COP26 This month, I had the enormous privilege of representing Scotland and the Scottish Government at COP26. It was a truly uplifting and…