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SNP Westminster Energy spokesperson, Mike Weir MP, has condemned news from British Gas owner Centrica of potential further bill hikes for customers after revealing that continued high wholesale gas prices would hit results this year. In January Centrica announced an increase in gas and electricity charges of 15 per cent.

The damaging rift between Wendy Alexander and Gordon Brown has widened after she was ordered into a humiliating climbdown.

Angus SNP MP, Mike Weir, has condemned the UK Government for its failure to accept any responsibility for last year’s outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease in southern England, which caused huge financial problems for many Scottish farmers.

Labour support has plummeted to its lowest levels since 1918 and the SNP is on course to win 20 seats in the next Westminster election, according to a new poll.

As Royal Mail reveal that profits have fallen by one-third, SNP Postal Affairs spokesperson, Mike Weir MP, has called on the UK Government to guarantee that the universal service obligation (USO) will not be watered down, and that there will be no threat to daily postal deliveries.

The First Minister has expressed his support for the work of the Disasters Emergency committee and Scottish aid organisations responding to the cyclone in Burma

Gordon Brown has failed to give public backing to a call by Scottish Labour leader Wendy Alexander for an early referendum on Independence.

The UK Government must prove that a new points-based system for skilled immigrants is fit for Scottish purpose, says SNP MP Pete Wishart.

A report by MSPs today said there were "serious failings" in the way NHS Western Isles was run under the previous Labour-led Scottish Executive.