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April 2024 Newsletter
Published date : 23 April 2024
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April 2024 Newsletter - Text Only Version
Published date : 23 April 2024
Richard Thomson MP
Gordon Parliamentary Newsletter - April 2024
A message from Richard Thomson MP
Hello and welcome to my April Parliamentary report. Here you’ll find details on my activities over the last month as your MP.
Westminster has been dominated by the Spring budget and its aftermath. Meanwhile, a damning ombudsman report finding fault with the way the UK Government communicated changes...
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Thomson backs WASPI motion in parliament
Published date : 4 April 2024
Gordon MP Richard Thomson has added his support to a Motion tabled in Parliament calling for the UK Government to accept the fact that the women affected need and deserve compensation which recognises their financial loss and distress.
The Motion also “notes with concern that the Ombudsman’s report highlights that the Department for Work and Pensions has clearly indicated that it will...
Gordon MP Welcomes Free Scottish Football Initiative
Published date : 4 April 2024
Gordon MP Richard Thomson has hailed the "tremendous step" taken by the Scottish Government to have all Scotland men and women's national football games on free-to-air TV.
Mr Thomson praised the decision by First Minister Humza Yousaf to commit to a consultation on the campaign, which aims to guarantee all Scotland men and women national games are permanently on free-to-air TV.
The SNP MP had previously written to both the...
Brexit an “unforgivable betrayal" of Scottish exporters
Published date : 2 April 2024
SCOTLAND LOSES OUT ON £100M IN SALMON EXPORTS IN BREXIT RED TAPE SCANDAL
Gordon MP Richard Thomson has described the economic impact of Westminster’s Brexit as an “unforgivable betrayal” to Scotland’s world class producers and exporters.
It comes as data released by trade body, Salmon Scotland, revealed Scotland has lost up to £100mn a year in salmon exports to the EU...
MP visits Bucksburn Academy
Published date : 28 March 2024
SNP Westminster MP for Gordon, Richard Thomson, and MSP Liam Kerr recently made a visit to Bucksburn Academy for a joint Q&A session with the pupils from the Higher Modern Studies class.
The visit, which was arranged at the request of David Salmond, Business and Community Support Officer and Modern Studies teacher, Deb Stockley, gave the pupils the opportunity to...
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March 2024 Newsletter
Published date : 26 March 2024
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March 2024 Newsletter - Text Only Version
Published date : 26 March 2024
Richard Thomson MP
Gordon Parliamentary Newsletter - March 2024
A message from Richard Thomson MP
Hello and welcome to my March Parliamentary report. Here you will find details of my activities over the last month as your MP.
Westminster this month has seen many issues from the Crisis in Gaza & Israel to the Post Office Horizons scandal that has affected so many...
WASPI latest: Gordon MP says UK Government need to move quickly on compensation
Published date : 21 March 2024
OMBUDSMAN’S REPORT SHOULD HAVE SAME EFFECT FOR WASPI WOMEN AS ITV DRAMA HAD FOR SUB-POSTMASTERS
Gordon MP Richard Thomson has said the UK Government now need to move quickly on the issue of compensation following the publication today of the Parliamentary Ombudsman’s report into changes in the state pension age for women.
Mr Thomson, who has supported the WASPI campaign since becoming an...
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Gordon MP & local councillor condemn Conservative/Lib Dem cuts to Huntly’s minor injuries unit
Published date : 20 March 2024
Gordon MP Richard Thomson and local SNP councillor Gwyneth Petrie have condemned the decision voted through with support from Conservative and Liberal Democrat councillors to withdraw the evening and overnight service from Huntly’s Minor Injuries Unit.
SNP members of Aberdeenshire Health and Social Care Partnership Integration Joint Board (IJB) voted against proposals to close Peterhead, Fraserburgh and Huntly’s Minor Injuries Units overnight as part...