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.
The use of foodbanks in the region has shot up by 22 per cent in a single year, a situation described as “a scandal” by South Scotland Labour MSP Colin Smyth.
New research by an independent think-tank claims to “expose” a disturbing decline in the number of exam subjects the region’s school pupils are being allowed to sit.
The former Labour Group leader on Dumfries and Galloway Council, Councillor Ronnie Nicholson, has described a ruling not to allow councillors to propose any amendments to the Labour/SNP administration’s budget at a full meeting of the council last week as “a day of shame”.
