“It is time for change and time for voters across this constituency to grasp the opportunity to create a fairer, greener and more equal society as part of an independent Scotland.”
Robert Leslie to Contest Orkney & Shetland Seat #GE24 for SNP
Emma Roddick MSP: “The Scottish Child Payment – unique in the UK – has lifted 50,000 children out of poverty”
“The Scottish Child Payment has supported 765 Orkney children over the period of its existence so far, bringing £793,765 into the islands.”
Emma Roddick MSP “whatever your results, support is there.”
“it is important to keep in mind that there is advice available from Skills Development Scotland’s results helpline for those who didn’t quite achieve the results to do what they originally intended. There are options whatever your results and support is there.”
Obituary: The Late Dr Winnie Ewing
“She was one of the most generous people one would ever meet, hosting meetings, dinners & other social events. She would send encouragement to local people of all ages setting up new businesses of all kinds. Winnie struck up lasting friendships with people like Marjorie Linklater, also an SNP supporter & women’s rights campaigner from her early years. “
Emma Roddick on the Scottish Government’s ‘progressive policy agenda’
“We are also now seeing the impact of the Scottish Child Payment being increased to £25 per week and extended to children and young people up to the age of 16” Emma Roddick MSP
Emma Roddick MSP – these are “anti-democratic actions by increasingly desperate Tories”
“we have a clear series of examples of political decisions that shine a light on Westminster’s contempt for devolution and the Scottish Parliament.”
Emma Roddick MSP, reflecting on the ‘grim reminder that war is a reality in Europe right now’
” Scotland is currently home to over 23,000 refugees from Ukraine, including several whom I know have found homes in Orkney.”
Emma Roddick MSP “There is much work to do”
“These meetings and visits, along with many others across Shetland, Caithness, Lochaber, Argyll, and Inverness are crucial to me in understanding the issues being faced across the Highlands and Islands.”
Emma Roddick MSP Reflects on a ‘whirlwind’ of a week
“I now have a government role alongside being MSP for the Highlands and Islands. I was honoured to be formally appointed as Minister for Equalities, Migration and Refugees last Thursday.”
UK Energy Strategy Aims to ‘Power Up Britain’
The strategy includes Great British Nuclear: New nuclear projects with the aim that up to 25% of the UK’s electricity could be from nuclear sources by 2050.
