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I am hosting an online public meeting about the Cross Border Connection Project at 6pm on 16 December. The meeting will include representatives from Scottish...

The SNP must reduce tax in this year's Scottish Budget, which will be published on Wednesday. The Scottish Conservative's have outlined proposals to lower...

The Scottish Conservatives won a vote in the Scottish Parliament calling for Labour's Family Farm Tax to be dropped. Labour's Family Farm Tax is cruel because...

Newly elected Scottish Conservative leader Russell Findlay recently toured the Borders alongside John Lamont MP and myself. We campaigned against Labour's...

A&E waiting times at the Borders General Hospital are the second worst on record, according to new statistics. In September this year, only 59.8% of people were...

In this week's budget Labour announced agriculture tax changes that could force family farms out of business. NFU Scotland said that “changes to Inheritance Tax...

After campaigning from the Scottish Conservatives, the SNP government last week said they had decided not to go ahead with restrictions on the installation of...

Earlier this week SNP transport secretary Fiona Hyslop confirmed that the removal of the peak fares pilot scheme would be ending on 27th September. That will...

It was an honour and a privilege to write a piece for a new book on women's rights in Scotland which also features a chapter from Harry Potter author JK Rowling...