Mid-Scotland and Fife MSP, Murdo Fraser, has hit out at plans to close three Perthshire tourist information centres.

Mid-Scotland and Fife MSPs, Murdo Fraser and Liz Smith, have warned that the creation of a new Scottish Government backed public energy supplier could put jobs at SSE HQ in Perth under pressure.

The number of workers on low pay in the UK has fallen by more than 300,000 following the Conservatives’ introduction of the national living wage, a think tank says.

The Scottish Conservatives new independent economic advisory council will include the voices of two Perthshire based experts, Graham Halstead and Ian McCormick.

Mid-Scotland and Fife MSP, Liz Smith, has hit out at a decision to return the River Earn to category 3 status, which results in a large number of fish being thrown back, and has called on the Scottish Government to investigate the data behind this move.

THE GENERAL ELECTION
“A little over forty years ago in a small village in Oxfordshire, I signed up to be a member of the Conservative Party.
 

Mid-Scotland and Fife MSPs, Liz Smith and Murdo Fraser are confident of a good turnout at next week’s public meeting on the future of clinical services at NHS Tayside following substantial interest from constituents.

“In 2010, our economy faced a crisis. 
 
We were borrowing more than at any time in our peace time history.
Unemployment had risen by nearly 850,000 in the previous two years, we had just under 4 million workless households. 
 

Thank-you conference.
 
It’s great to be here in Manchester. Or as I call it, the Southern powerhouse.
 
I want to talk to you about the general election. In fact, I want to talk to you about two of them.
 
The first one - two years ago.
 

It’s good to be reminded that this is a Government with a purpose and a mission. To bring to all British people the Conservative principles of fairness, opportunity, pride in our country and openness to the world.