Scotland has the energy, we just need the powers
People in Scotland are grappling with the distressing reality of living in fuel poverty, having to deal with the rising energy prices and the effects that fuel poverty is having on their lives. It shouldn’t be like this, Scotland deserves better.
Gryffe Branch Burns Supper
Gryffe branch have places available at their family-friendly Burns Supper in the function suite at “Fox and Hounds”, Houston on Saturday 20 January 2024, starting at 6:30 pm for 7:00 pm. Dress code is informal, with tartan! All SNP Members and their guests and families are welcome. The venue is accessible. Our speakers and entertainers…
Our energy wealth should be benefitting the people of Scotland
Scotland has enormous energy wealth and resources. Around 2/3rds of Scotland’s electricity comes from renewables. Scotland produces six times more gas than we consume. Yet decades of failed Westminster policies mean families are struggling to pay energy bills.
Here’s how much money Westminster has wasted since 2019
Westminster doesn’t work for Scotland.
Levelling Up: the Tories’ slush fund scandal
Westminster self-interest is undermining Scotland. There can be no levelling up while the Tories are using the money to save their own seats.
These are the values of Keir Starmer’s Labour Party
These are the values of Keir Starmer’s Labour: keep the Tory Bedroom Tax, keep the Tory two-child benefit cap, Keep the Tory rape clause, keep tuition fees in England. You can’t trust Labour to deliver change when they won’t even scrap the cruellest of Tory policies.
Today’s statement won’t touch the sides for most households
Westminster’s latest budget is a string of failures that will hurt households: failed to introduce a £400 energy bill rebate, failed to introduce mortgage interest tax relief, failed to increase NHS and public services funding.