Local SNP MSP Bruce Crawford and local Councillor Evelyn Tweed have slammed Westminster for breaking its promises to Stirling’s farmers just weeks after the end of the Brexit transition period, after the UK Tory government Read more
Stirling MP Alyn Smith, MSP Bruce Crawford and Stirling Councillor Evelyn Tweed have today launched a summary of important work undertaken in recent months to support businesses throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Whilst Stirling is once Read more
Alyn Smith MP said: ‘Stirling voted for Europe, Scotland voted for Europe and with No-Deal off the table I’ve represented my constituents by rejecting this poor alternative to EU membership because while I’m glad a Read more
Stirling is set to lose out on hundreds of thousands of pounds of local funding from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the European Social Fund (ESF) as a result of Brexit. Large scale Read more
Bruce Crawford MSP and Stirling SNP Councillor Evelyn Tweed have expressed their delight at news that the SNP Scottish Government continues to press ahead with delivering Scotland’s new benefits system despite the challenges faced by Read more
Bruce Crawford MSP and Alyn Smith MP have called on greater flexibility from the UK Treasury, in order to support businesses and employees in the Stirling area impacted by Scottish public health measures. For months Read more
The Scottish Government have announced which level of protection each local authority will be placed in from Monday 2nd November, in order to combat the spread of COVID-19. Stirling will be placed in Level 3. Read more
Labour, the Liberal Democrats and the Greens, have joined the SNP in Holyrood to withhold consent for the UK Tory government’s controversial Internal Market Bill. The bill has been widely criticised from groups such as Read more
Writing in the Stirling Observer, Bruce Crawford MSP said: ‘I’ve written before about how we need to use the lessons of this pandemic to build a better, more resilient society for the future. This has Read more
Stirling MSP Bruce Crawford referenced NFU Scotland during a parliamentary debate on the internal market this week, pointing to an warning issued days prior by the farming industry representative on the UK government’s white paper Read more