Two Galloway area MSPs were at loggerheads this week with claims and counter-claims about their parties’ use of private/public finance to fund public building projects.
Galloway’s SNP Member of the Scottish Parliament has criticised her own party’s government, stating that its investment record on local roads such as the A75 and A77 has been “woefully inadequate”.
A Galloway MSP has claimed her constituents are being kept in the dark about a near-miss between a Cairnryan ferry and a nuclear submarine over two years ago.
For me, 2020 is a year of optimism. At the end of this January we will leave the EU and begin to shape a new future with our European friends and neighbours.
So, after all’s said and done, the fighting and the mudslinging in what has been regarded as one of the most bitter General Elections ever fought, campaigners up and down the country are now either celebrating or drowning their sorrows. For Dumfries and Galloway and Clydesdale, it’s no change.
Cash-strapped local authorities in Scotland are paying millions more for schools built under the controversial private finance initiative (PFI) than originally planned.
The BBC’s top-paid star Gary Lineker could cover the cost of the telly licences for every citizen in Dumfries and Galloway over the age of 75 from his annual fee - and STILL have £314,000 left over!
An allegation has been made by the SNP that Westminster has short-changed areas like Galloway in their contribution to the economy-boosting Borderland Deal.
Galloway and West Dumfries MSP Finlay Carson has challenged SNP education secretary John Swinney MSP over a claimed reduction in subject choice for school students.
An allegation has been made by Galloway and West Dumfries Tory MSP Finlay Carson that First Minister Nicola Sturgeon broke a promise on digital funding for this region.
