Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch, Strathspey Conservatives
David Cameron has said that a Conservative Government will give more power, discretion and autonomy to local councils.
But he emphasised that greater power must be backed up with greater accountability to local taxpayers.
Speaking at the Conservative Councillors’ Association, Cameron outlined Conservative plans to require councils to publish the following online:
The full remuneration package of all [...]
Shadow Business Secretary Ken Clarke joined David Cameron and George Osborne in speaking at Thomson Reuters about the state of the economy.
“This weekend showed very vividly why we can’t afford five more years of Gordon Brown”, he said. “There’s a choice to be made, and the choice of Gordon Brown is a very expensive choice [...]
David Cameron: The real choice in British politics
David Cameron has spoken at the Scottish Conservative Party Conference about the real choice facing Britain at the next General Election:
Some people say there are no real choices in politics anymore. They think it doesn’t matter who you vote for, because whoever gets in, they won’t make a [...]
Mary Scanlon MSP, Conservative Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Health & Wellbeing, is demanding an apology from the Chair of NHS Highland after he lobbied her on behalf of the SNP.
Garry Coutts, Chair of NHS Highland, wrote to Mary Scanlon urging her to support the ‘radical legislation’ on minimum pricing put forward by the SNP Government.
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Mary Scanlon Scottish Conservative MSP for the Highlands and Islands and Jim Ferguson, Westminster Parliamentary Candidate for Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey have both warmly welcomed the £317,400 and £800,000 respectfully awarded to Fort William and Nairn, as part of the Town Centre Regeneration Fund, money which was added to the Scottish Budget following pressure [...]
Conservative Party Conference Speech
“Conference I’m going to pay tribute to the Labour party because it has managed to pull off a remarkable feat. It is tired and failing in Government and in Opposition at the same time. In Government at a British level they’ve let the country down. In opposition in Scotland they’ve let themselves [...]
Lord Bates, Sunday, September 20 2009
Certain statistics cause a national rapid intake of breath, such as when Iain Duncan-Smith reported last week that there are now 5.9 million people of working age dependent on claiming out of work benefits.
However, it was one particular statistic as a parent of two young adults, and that was the [...]
Mary Scanlon, Scottish Conservative MSP for the Highlands and Islands, has today received responses to questions she posed about the Town Centre Regeneration Fund. Commenting Mary said.
“I am disappointed that the Minister was unable to respond to my written questions until two days after the deadline for the second tranche of applications for the remaining [...]