Perth and Kinross Council is set to have its budget cut by 2.6% in real terms next year as a result of underfunding from the Scottish Government.

Mid-Scotland and Fife MSP, Murdo Fraser, has called on bosses of the Perth-based utilities giant to offer assurances to their Perth workforce following news that SSE will no longer merge with Npower.

Mid-Scotland and Fife MSPs, Murdo Fraser and Liz Smith, have called on Fife’s Integration Joint Board (IJB) to put forward a middle way that would achieve safe and sustainable out-of-hours healthcare in the region at next week’s critical meeting.

GP surgeries in the NHS Tayside region are having to deal with 11% more patients after new figures revealed that five practices have been lost over the past ten years.

A new report from Audit Scotland has said that urgent action is needed to turn around the financial and performance problems at NHS Tayside.

NHS Tayside met just seven from twenty national standards this March - two fewer than they achieved the year before.

Small Business Saturday is a UK wide initiative to encourage and support small businesses, especially in the drive towards Christmas. The idea is simple: for at least one day, shop entirely in small businesses. Hopefully this will result in more people continuing to use small businesses.

Mid-Scotland and Fife MSP Murdo Fraser has grilled the Transport Minister on ScotRail failures following a weekend of travel chaos and has called on Michael Matheson to “light a rocket” under bosses of the struggling service.

Mid-Scotland and Fife MSP, Liz Smith, has delivered a bumper cheque to Poppy Scotland at a recent event commemorating the First World War. 

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