SNP Council Group at Comhairle nan Eilean, strongly support the continued calls from MP Angus MacNeil for the UK Government and Scottish Government to pressure the EU to remove the requirement for boxes of spurdog to be dumped at sea.
A journal written by the SNP opposition group on the Comhairle nan Eilean Siar (Western Isles Council).
Saturday 19 October 2013
Friday 11 October 2013
Mitigating the severe welfare cuts from Westminister
Another welcome announcement for the Outer Hebrides was the confirmation of £160,000 given by the Scottish Government to the Comhairle to mitigate the UK Welfare Reforms.
SNP Group winning for the Outer Hebrides
Transport infrastructure on the islands got a tremendous boost last week when the Scottish Government announced an investment of £1.9 million in the next financial year to limit the increase for hauliers on the Western Isles and the introduction to a three year winter pilot ferry service stating next month between Loch Boisdale and Mallaig after having listened to the SNP Group on the Comhairle's campaigns.
Wednesday 9 October 2013
Pensions and Independence - protection comes with a YES vote
The demographics of the Outer Hebrides show that the
population has a greater number of pensioners than the national average.
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