Politics

Members of Dumfries and Galloway Councils’ Stranraer Waterfront Development team have met with Wigtown Area Committee to discuss the development, work carried out so far and options for the future.

A local MSP has said that south Scotland’s new enterprise agency should help drive a “sea change” in Dumfries and Galloway’s economic performance.

South Scotland MSP Colin Smyth has accused the UK and Scottish Governments of letting down Langholm, after a lack of action on jobs despite both hosting three jobs summits in the town over the last five years.

More than 160 young people from every corner of Scotland are heading to Stranraer this weekend for the Scottish Youth Parliament’s 66th National Sitting.

Local MSP Finlay Carson has said the Scottish Government needs to ensure local residents are protected against antisocial behaviour.

SNP Councillors in Dumfries and Galloway have welcomed new Scottish Government funding allowing a 25 per cent increase in the School Clothing Grant in the region.

South Scotland MSP Colin Smyth has challenged the UK and Scottish Governments to “wake up” to the current employment situation in Dumfriesshire after an announcement that 14 jobs are under threat at the Arla creamery near Lockerbie.

A new strategy outlining Dumfries and Galloway’s priorities for delivering its housing services will go before councillors next week.

Local MP Alister Jack has received a pledge of better mobile coverage in Dumfries and Galloway after being briefed by one of the UK’s largest digital communication companies. ​

RBS has failed to appreciate the damage their closure programme will inflict on many communities across Scotland, according to a report by Westminster’s Scottish Affairs Committee.

The first conference of the Borderlands Inclusive Growth Deal will be held in Dumfries next month.

An estimated 120,000 families will benefit from a new £100 national minimum school clothing grant in Scotland as a result of partnership working between Scotland’s Local Authorities and the Scottish Government.

MSP Brian Whittle met with staff from Bobath Scotland recently to discuss recent legislation that now entitles people in Scotland to communication equipment, and the support to use it.

Senior UK and Scottish government ministers will speak at the first Borderlands Conference which will be held in Dumfries next month.

Local MSP Colin Smyth is urging communities in Dumfries and Galloway to have their say at a public consultation in Thornhill next week about options to carry out repairs on the A76 at Enterkinfoot

MSP Joan McAlpine has welcomed Holyrood’s rejection of the Westminster Government’s EU Withdrawal Bill.