MPs call for ban on forced installations of prepayment meters
MP fears detained asylum seeker may be sent to Rwanda
PUBLISHED DATE: 02 May 2024
The UK government has said it will look into the case of a Glasgow-based Iranian national believed to have been identified for deportation to Rwanda. ...
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Sex trafficking survivor and Scots daughter, 5, living in fear of being deported to Rwanda
PUBLISHED DATE: 26 April 2024
A sex trafficking survivor and her daughter are living in fear of being deported to Rwanda from their home in Scotland. ...
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MP pays tribute to motorbike crash victim amid call for crackdown
PUBLISHED DATE: 24 April 2024
A Glasgow MP has paid tribute to a constituent who died after being hit by a motorcycle as she called for action to tackle “anti-social” use of off-road vehicles. ...
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Bid to crackdown on quad bike menace lodged by Glasgow MP
PUBLISHED DATE: 23 April 2024
A bid to crackdown on dangerous quad bike riders with tougher rules has been taken forward by a Glasgow MP. ...
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Anne McLaughlin: I'm pushing for change on off-road bikes
PUBLISHED DATE: 08 April 2024
SO much of what we see and hear about Parliament seems to involve international financial crises, our involvement or response to wars or dealing with immeasurable acts of self-harm like Brexit . ...
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Anne McLaughlin: Killing children can never be ‘self-defence’
PUBLISHED DATE: 04 April 2024
THE global response to the daily bombardment of Gaza has been utterly disgraceful. How global leaders can stand by and not only watch but justify war crimes being played out on our televisions for all ...
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Anne McLaughlin: Single parents will continue to bear brunt of child poverty
PUBLISHED DATE: 24 March 2024
IF the importance of the family unit is traditionally a priority for those of a conservative persuasion, then why have the past 15 years made it progressively more difficult to start a family and rais ...
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Anne McLaughlin: Progress on gender equality must be protected
PUBLISHED DATE: 12 March 2024
I WAS born on March 8 which is also International Women’s Day (IWD). ...
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Anne McLaughlin: Speaker Lindsay Hoyle has destroyed his credibility
PUBLISHED DATE: 25 February 2024
LAST Wednesday, MPs spoke passionately in parliament about what is happening in Palestine. I wasn’t one of them. I had committed to something else and the vagaries of parliamentary procedures meant I ...
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Political attacks over Covid undermine efforts to tackle next pandemic
PUBLISHED DATE: 11 February 2024
LIKE everyone, the pandemic and lockdowns were a difficult time for me and my family and while part of my job was scrutinising the UK Government, I was also just trying to do my best in the most diffi ...
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Anne McLaughlin: It's time we stop pressuring ourselves to be 'happy'
PUBLISHED DATE: 03 January 2024
AT this time of year, we are all supposed to be happy. ...
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Why I’ll support SNP motion to bring energy back under public control
PUBLISHED DATE: 14 October 2023
THERE is a noticeable shortening of the evenings, and it will not be long until a drop in temperature has us all feeling the cold in our homes again and needing the lights on at 4pm to see what we are ...
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Labour can’t be trusted to stick to their principles
PUBLISHED DATE: 09 September 2023
IN the upcoming by-election and the General Election to come, we are going to hear a lot from Labour in Scotland about the need for change. ...
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Empower Scotland's communities and watch the difference it makes
PUBLISHED DATE: 26 August 2023
SUMMER recess is always one of the best times of the year for MPs and not just because you don’t have to deal with Westminster. Mainly it’s because you get to see the amazing work that so many of our ...
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British Gas profits branded 'grotesque' by Glasgow MP
PUBLISHED DATE: 28 July 2023
Profits recorded by a leading energy firm are “grotesque” while people struggle with bills, a Glasgow MP has said. ...
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Today’s for stories about Winnie Ewing – so here are some of mine
PUBLISHED DATE: 15 July 2023
TODAY, a memorial service will be held in Inverness for Winifred Margaret Ewing former MP, MSP and MEP, known to the country as Winnie Ewing. Known to the world as Madame Ecosse. ...
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Westminster keeps £1.7bn that should be in pensioners' pockets yearly
PUBLISHED DATE: 17 June 2023
THIS week was Pension Credit Action Week, but you could be forgiven for having been totally unaware. What shouldn’t be forgiven though is the fact that £1.7 billion of pension credit goes unclaimed ev ...
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MP who felt 'terror' over mortgage payments accuses Tories of 'lack of empathy'
PUBLISHED DATE: 12 June 2023
Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden has been accused of a "complete lack of empathy" over the mortgage crisis facing millions of Brits.
SNP MP Anne McLaughlin blasted the top Tory as she told MPs she ...
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Police Scotland spent £15.4 million on Queen's funeral
PUBLISHED DATE: 25 April 2023
POLICE Scotland spent more than £15 million on the Queen’s funeral last year, it has been revealed. ...
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The Scottish Parliament remains vulnerable under Westminster's glare
PUBLISHED DATE: 22 April 2023
IT is rare that the lack of self-awareness from Tories surprises me, but David George Hamilton Frost is a special case, isn’t he? ...
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Ofgem prepayment meter rules condemned by campaigners
PUBLISHED DATE: 18 April 2023
Campaigners and politicians have warned that new Ofgem rules for energy suppliers which restrict the forced installation of prepayment meters don't go far enough. ...
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UK Government plans could lead to 'homeless' Afghan refugees
PUBLISHED DATE: 28 March 2023
THE UK Government has announced plans that could see Afghan refugees “forced into homelessness”, warn campaigners. ...
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Anne McLaughlin: Focusing on local is the key to a better Scotland
PUBLISHED DATE: 25 March 2023
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Progressive soul of SNP on the line in leadership race
PUBLISHED DATE: 25 February 2023
I’VE found myself having to reassure a lot of SNP members in the past week. Many are used to stability in the party – it’s all they’ve ever known. Having been a member for longer than I am sure you wo ...
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Levelling up funding 'snatched away at last minute' was 'a complete waste', MP blasts
PUBLISHED DATE: 07 February 2023
Levelling up bids where funding was “snatched away at the last minute” were “a complete waste of energy, skills and knowledge”, an MP has blasted.
Anne McLaughlin said £500,000 of community officers a ...
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SNP accuses Tories of blocking bill to stop people from having power cut off
PUBLISHED DATE: 04 February 2023
The SNP has accused the UK Government of blocking a Bill to prevent people from being cut off from power.
Glasgow North East MP Anne McLaughlin has twice brought a Private Member's Bill to the House o ...
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Ban energy companies from forcing customers onto prepay meters
PUBLISHED DATE: 12 January 2023
An MP called the forced switch "morally repugnant"
The act of forcing energy customers onto prepayment meters should be banned, a leading charity has said. ...
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Call to end forced installation of UK prepayment meters after millions suffer without power
PUBLISHED DATE: 11 January 2023
Ministers are being urged to stop the forced installation of prepayment meters after revelations that 3.2 million people – the equivalent of one person every 10 seconds – were left with cold and dark ...
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Government under pressure to halt forced prepayment meters as MPs calls for urgent ban
PUBLISHED DATE: 09 January 2023
The Government is facing growing pressure to halt the forced installation of prepayment energy meters as a cross-party group of MPs calls for an urgent moratorium on the controversial devices ...
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SNP MP: I'll be fighting for Glasgow constituents from back benches
PUBLISHED DATE: 30 December 2022
SERVING as the SNP spokesperson for Justice and Immigration at Westminster for the last two years, has been an immense privilege and an ever-increasing task given the unprecedented attacks on our righ ...
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MPs call for ban on forced installations of prepayment meters
PUBLISHED DATE: 19 December 2022
Anne McLaughlin MP supports calls for a ban on forced installations of prepayment meters amid fears that elderly and vulnerable people are being effectively cut off from heating and power supplies. ...
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Terminally ill people are coming home from hospital to find their energy cut off
PUBLISHED DATE: 15 December 2022
Ministers have been urged to outlaw self-disconnection for anyone on prepayment meters to ensure people's energy supply is not shut off - as people struggle to keep up with rising bills ...
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People in Glasgow urged to apply for £324 cost of living payment
PUBLISHED DATE: 13 December 2022
A Glasgow MP has urged people to apply for a cost of living payment before the deadline. ...
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Anger grows at energy firms using murky prepayment meter court process to tip thousands into ‘spiral of debt’
PUBLISHED DATE: 09 December 2022
Glasgow North East MP Anne McLaughlin, who has asked the Business Secretary to confirm how many warrants have been granted in each constituency, has put forward a private member’s bill which will have ...
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Bill of Rights - Briefing and Dropin with leading experts Liberty and British Institute of Human Rights
PUBLISHED DATE: 28 November 2022
On Tuesday 28th November Anne will host a briefing and dropin for MPs with Liberty and the British Institute of Human Rights.
This will be an opportunity to hear first hand from leading experts on ho ...
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MP: Stop disconnecting pre-payment meter customers who have run out of credit
PUBLISHED DATE: 23 November 2022
An SNP MP has urged energy companies to stop disconnecting customers with pre-payment meters who have run out of credit.
Anne McLaughlin called for a change in the law to allow a grace period, warning ...
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SNP call for 'root and branch reform' of 'disastrous' asylum system
PUBLISHED DATE: 14 November 2022
BRITAIN'S new deal with France to tackle migrants crossing the English Channel will not fix the "disastrous" asylum system, critics have claimed. ...
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Home Secretary’s language wouldn’t sound out of place at an Oswald Mosley rally
PUBLISHED DATE: 05 November 2022
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Scots takeaway customers put at risk by crime gangs who rent out courier accounts to beat safety checks
PUBLISHED DATE: 05 November 2022
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Suella Braverman visits asylum camp amid international pressure over migrant comments
PUBLISHED DATE: 03 November 2022
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PMQs: Starmer and Sunak bid to outflank each other with anti-migration views
PUBLISHED DATE: 02 November 2022
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Suella Braverman brands Channel crossings 'an invasion' of England in 'disgusting' comments
PUBLISHED DATE: 31 October 2022
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Suella Braverman criticised over claims of migrant 'invasion'
PUBLISHED DATE: 31 October 2022
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Tories seek assurance Braverman exit not linked to softening immigration stance
PUBLISHED DATE: 20 October 2022
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Just Eat drivers face unemployment after being sacked by 'faceless' app with no warning
PUBLISHED DATE: 19 October 2022
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Players from All Saints Secondary School in Glasgow triumph at the World School Football Cup
PUBLISHED DATE: 18 October 2022
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Scotland must 'tinker' all it can to mitigate the effects of the cost-of-living crisis
PUBLISHED DATE: 08 October 2022
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Don’t let crisis blind you to what else the Tories are up to
PUBLISHED DATE: 24 September 2022
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Glasgow North East MP says cost of living payment deadline should be extended
PUBLISHED DATE: 16 August 2022
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An independent Scotland will get the priorities right, unlike the Tories
PUBLISHED DATE: 19 July 2022
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Thousands of Scots missing out on pension credits they are entitled to, warns SNP MP
PUBLISHED DATE: 05 July 2022
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Human rights overhaul unveiled by Dominic Raab attacked by SNP
PUBLISHED DATE: 22 June 2022
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Priti Patel’s Rwanda deportation plans have clear echoes of slavery
PUBLISHED DATE: 18 June 2022
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Tories must put end to 'hostile environment' and 'racist' policies, Anne McLaughlin says
PUBLISHED DATE: 25 May 2022
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Scotland must make the Home Office's fascist Rwanda plan unworkable
PUBLISHED DATE: 23 April 2022
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Anne McLaughlin: UK Government must halt their assault on our rights
PUBLISHED DATE: 26 March 2022
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Anne McLaughlin: UK Government must halt their assault on our rights
PUBLISHED DATE: 26 March 2022
I HAVE seen more than enough of the UK’s so-called Bill of Rights, and it is now time for the UK Government to withdraw their consultation, leave the Human Rights Act in place unamended and halt this ...
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Glasgow North East MP hits out after Bank of Scotland Riddrie closure news
PUBLISHED DATE: 25 March 2022
An SNP MP has hit out at commercial banks following the news of its planned closure of a Glasgow branch this summer... ...
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Priti Patel 'deliberately' echoes Donald Trump with Ukraine visa refusal, SNP MP says
PUBLISHED DATE: 01 March 2022
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Boris Johnson's character makes him destined to be engulfed in scandal
PUBLISHED DATE: 26 February 2022
IF you were listing characteristics desirable in a leader, what would they be? Compassion, empathy, selflessness? They would be up there, for me. And if you asked me to name the traits that make someo ...
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Preventing justice is latest example of why we can do better than Westminster
PUBLISHED DATE: 29 January 2022
THIS week I led for the SNP on a debate about the Tory government’s Judicial Review and Courts Bill. Some described the subject matter as “dry” and seemed to think it was not particularly relevant. I ...
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Tories' Covid breaches show why there is only one way forward for Scotland
PUBLISHED DATE: 29 December 2021
DOMINIC Raab MP, the UK Justice Secretary, stated recently that the police do not investigate things that happened more than a year ago. This was news to me as I thought that was the basic premise of ...
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Claim that asylum seekers 'forced' to isolate in Scots hotel
PUBLISHED DATE: 09 December 2021
ASYLUM seekers are being forced to self-isolate in a Scottish hotel with little opportunity to exercise or get fresh air after one man tested positive for Covid-19, it has been claimed. ...
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SNP politician claims controversial new law to tackle dangerous Channel crossings will kill even more
PUBLISHED DATE: 28 November 2021
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Nationality and Borders Bill won’t tackle root causes and criminalises migrants
PUBLISHED DATE: 27 November 2021
TWENTY-SEVEN people died in the English Channel this week. Twenty-seven human beings had their lives cut short while seeking a safer future for them and their families. ...
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Not worried about what the Tories are up to? Here's why you should be
PUBLISHED DATE: 13 November 2021
THERE’S been a lot of talk down the road at Westminster this past week about natural justice. It’s mostly come from Tories trying to defend one of the most egregious cases of paid advocacy, also known ...
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Priti Patel seeks to give Border Force staff immunity over migrants drowning
PUBLISHED DATE: 14 October 2021
PRITI Patel is seeking to introduce immunity for Border Force officials in the event that a refugee drowns while small boats are being pushed back into French waters in the Channel. ...
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Labour respect the will of Brexit voters - but not the Scottish people
PUBLISHED DATE: 02 October 2021
IT doesn’t take a genius to figure out that if you making thousands of foreign workers feel so unwelcome in the UK that they leave, there are going to be negative consequences. But somehow that seemed ...
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Tories deliberately target the most vulnerable with anti-refugee bill
PUBLISHED DATE: 12 September 2021
FROM the hostile environment and the Windrush scandal to the xenophobic Go Home vans, the Westminster Tory government has consistently pursued toxic policies that punish people in society and those th ...
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How sickening Tory bills aim to outlaw human decency in the UK
PUBLISHED DATE: 04 September 2021
THERE is no doubt that we are witnessing a humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, a country devastated by generations of war now abandoned to medieval and, yes, evil, zealots, regardless of what some com ...
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This is why we must stop judging those who are facing drug abuse
PUBLISHED DATE: 07 August 2021
DURING the past few months, both Holyrood and Westminster have debated the need for change to address the serious issue of drug-related deaths, now at record levels in Scotland, England and Wales. ...
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