SNP News

A report from inside the Labour campaign in Glasgow East by the Sunday Times has exposed the chaos and disaffection in Labour’s campaign with a senior member of Glasgow Labour admitting "people just don’t want to vote Labour".

SNP candidate in the Glasgow East by-election Cllr John Mason today called on the UK Government not to take the Post Office Card Account Contract away from the Post Office.

SNP Candidate Cllr John Mason today visited the Global Glasgow Youth project at Cranhill Arts Centre which has received funding under the SNP Government's Cashback for Communities Scheme which takes the money from criminals and invests it in communities affected by crime.

SNP Candidate for Glasgow East, Cllr John Mason, has today (Thursday) welcomed the publication of a commitment by the Scottish Government to supporting and improving the quality of life for Service personnel, their families and for veterans.

The SNP today highlighted the potential transformation of Glasgow's East End with the Commonwealth Games as SNP Candidate Cllr John Mason called for £150 million of lottery funding to be allocated to Scotland's Commonwealth legacy.

The SNP have today branded the postponement of October's two pence rise in fuel duty as the first victory of the SNP's Glasgow East by-election campaign - and the pressure is now on to introduce a fuel price regulator and action to tackle fuel poverty.

SNP Candidate Cllr John Mason was today accompanied on a visit to the Community Health Shop in Barlanark – a project given £70,000 lifeline funding by the SNP Government - by Cabinet Secretary for Health Nicola Sturgeon who authorised the funding.

Gordon Brown's announcement at his news conference that he will not campaign in the Glasgow East by-election is nothing to do with any convention - and everything to do with his Government's unpopularity.

A shock poll in Glasgow East has seen a 15 per cent swing from Labour to the SNP in the first week of the by-election campaign.

Speaking to a gathering of 500 activists at the SNP campaign rooms in Glasgow East SNP Leader and Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond said that an SNP win in Glasgow East would leave Gordon Brown with no choice but to take action to meet people's demands over rising fuel prices and increasing taxes.