Christine Grahame MSP

CHRISTINE GRAHAME MSP
Scottish National Party
South of Scotland

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Press Releases 2008

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From this page you can view all the most recent Press Releases issued by Christine Grahame MSP.

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12/12/2008

£14 MILLION  BOOST FOR SCOTTISH BORDERS AS SCOTS GOVERNMENT INCREASE SPENDING

04/12/2008

London Labour neglect local people following HMRC decision

03/12/2008

SNP Government commit additional capital money for Borders Rail

02/12/2008

Grahame Add Her Voice to World Aids Day Call

27/11/2008

Labour accused of “Scrooge mentality” over failure  to back free bus service at Hogmanay

25/11/2008

Petition raised to save Cuiken primary school playing fields

20/11/2008

Spooks £12 billion snooping programme will end democratic liberties

19/11/2008

LIB DEMS AND TORIES VOTE TO TAKE FOOD FROM CHILDREN

19/11/2008

LABOUR FAILS TO STAND UP FOR PENICUIK BANK JOBS

17/11/2008

Borders MPs challenged to back Scotland in football row

13/11/2008

SNP Small Business Bonus benefits Borders

12/11/2008

British Government given red card over GB team proposal

11/11/2008

ELDERLY HIT HARDEST IF POST OFFICE LOSES CARD CONTRACT

11/11/2008

Tories and Liberals slammed over hospital bed “scaremongering”

06/11/2008

London Government urged to underwrite Borders Council’s Icelandic cash deposits

06/11/2008

Grahame attacks “unionist revisionism” of Scottish history

05/11/2008

British Government attacked over digital TV help scheme

04/11/2008

Christine Grahame MSP co-sponsors Red Cross emergency response event

04/11/2008

Borders firm praised following US market expansion

30/10/2008

BORDERS RAILWAY UNDER THREAT FROM LIB/DEM CUTS

30/10/2008

BORDERS CALL TO SUSPEND VAT ON FUEL BILLS

28/10/2008

HBOS warned over threat to local jobs from new charging regime

28/10/2008

DENTAL STATS SHOW HIGHEST EVER REGISTRATION FIGURES

27/10/2008

GRAHAME WELCOMES EXTRA £10M FOR CENTRAL HEATING PROGRAMME

10/10/2008

SBC £10m investment in Icelandic banks statement

09/10/2008

Abbotsford Station name call for Borders railway terminus

09/10/2008

Grahame calls on OfCOM to closely monitor Border/Tyne Tees TV move

06/10/2008

GRAHAME WELCOMES FREE SCHOOL MEALS ANNOUNCEMENT

01/10/2008

GRAHAME WELCOMES CASH FROM CRIME GRANTS FOR BORDERS YOUTH GROUPS

30/09/2008

GRAHAME WELCOMES NEW HEALTH RESOURCES ADVISORY GROUP

25/09/2008

British Government Trident plans could be better spent in the Borders

25/09/2008

Broadcasting regulator slammed over proposed six-minute news bulletin for South of Scotland

24/09/2008

Borders parents of children with additional needs urged to use advocacy service

23/09/2008

Grahame backs the world's biggest coffee morning

16/09/2008

Berwickshire fishermen urged to apply for £43million worth of investment funding

16/09/2008

Lib Dems challenged over proposals to axe over £1billion from public services

11/09/2008

McLEISH MAKES CASE FOR COUNCIL TAX BENEFIT

11/09/2008

Public bodies and business organisations postal information call

10/09/2008

DEVOLUTION SETTLEMENT WAS DESIGNED TO “WEAKEN” MOVE TO INDEPENDENCE

09/09/2008

Official: Documents reveal GB football team is threat to Scotland's footballing independence

05/09/2008

Education inspectors receive fresh training following Borders teacher death

03/09/2008

COMMITMENTS ON SCHOOLS, HEALTH AND THE ECONOMY ARE HONOURED AS SCOTS GOVERNMENT SETS OUT ITS PARLIAMENTARY PROGRAMME

02/09/2008

Pilot renovation programme may help boost flagging housing sector

02/09/2008

Teacher redundancies deplorable and avoidable – Grahame

20/8/2008

Midlothian Council urged to end secretive information culture

19/8/2008

Grahame calls for greater action over rising transport costs

18/8/2008

Council urged to take legal action over postal “butchery”

17/08/2008

Email reveals Borders Liberal Democrats in trouble and in need of help

13/08/2008

Positive response to broadcasting consultation information

05/08/2008

Borders rail project transferred to Scottish Government

31/07/2008

Stow’s Royal Hotel demolition approved

31/07/2008

Nationalisation call as energy rise “places lives at risk”

29/07/2008

Low income and disabled households still not receiving support as digital switchover looms

21/07/2008

New JRF report reveals “Britishness” is irrelevant in Scotland

15/07/2008

PRINGLES LIKELY TO BE STRIPPED OF LION RAMPANT LOGO

15/07/2008

HMRC proposed job losses attacked

09/07/2008

Borderers urged to join anti-ageism campaign

08/07/2008

Housing downturn offers "silver lining" for low cost housing sector

03/07/2008

PRINGLE TOLD TO REMOVE ALL REFERENCE TO SCOTLAND FOLLOWING MANUFACTURING MOVE DECISION

02/07/2008

Borders housing market top of the agenda as experts meet to discuss downturn

25/06/2008

ENERGY PRICE WARNING WILL HIT BORDERS HARD

23/06/2008

HMIE report omissions lead to fresh calls for Fatal Accident Inquiry

10/06/2008

Determination and inventiveness of Newlands community Trust recognised at Holyrood

10/06/2008

48% rise in energy bill for NHS Borders prompts oil fund call

05/06/2008

LIBERALS CHALLENGED OVER RED TAPE FOR COMMON RIDINGS

04/06/2008

NHS FUNDING DEBATE SHOULD FOCUS ON WELL BEING OF ELDERLY

03/06/2008

GRAHAME CALLS ON REVIEW ON COMMON RIDING LEGISLATION

03/06/2008

GRAHAME WELCOMES FAIR AND AFFORDABLE WATER CHARGES

03/06/2008

GRAHAME CALLS FOR REVIEW OF LEGISLATION COVERING HUNTER AND LASS WEEK

28/05/2008

GRAHAME CALLS FOR DEBATE ON RURAL ROAD TAX SCHEME

28/05/2008

Lib Dems “petty nicking” over Borders rail undermining public confidence

27/05/2008

"Undemocratic” NHS Borders slammed over attack on frontline services

21/05/2008

Positive welcome for tobacco registration announcement

20/05/2008

STILL TIME TO SIGN UP FOR BROADBAND IN THE BORDERS

15/05/2008

LABOUR U-TURN ON FREE PERSONAL CARE

12/05/2008

186% rise in army school recruitment visits condemned

7/5/2008

SBC urged to drop food prep charging regime for elderly and vulnerable

7/5/2008

RAISING THE SALTIRE – Carter Bar

5/5/2008

TENANTS RISING DAMP ANGER OVER HOUSING CONDITIONS

28/4/2008

NHS BORDERS URGED TO INTRODUCE PRIORITY PARKING SCHEME AT BGH

23/04/2008

Blood contamination public inquiry welcomed

23/04/2008

Borderers urge change in broadcasting survey

22/04/2008

Grahame explores extending new heart screening pilot for Borders rugby

16/04/2008

Talks held on improving Borders transport infrastructure

15/04/2008

COMMISSIONERS URGED TO BACK SCOTTISH CONTROL OF BROADCASTING

15/04/2008

PENICUIK’S SMALL BUSINESSES REAP THE REWARDS OF RATES CUT

14/04/2008

BORDERS SMALL BUSINESSES REAP THE REWARDS OF RATES CUT

27/03/2008

Wilma makes HART felt plea to Health Minister over screening

25/03/2008

TEACHERS CALLED TO PROACTIVELY RESIST  ARMY RECRUITMENT

20/03/2008

GRAHAME HAILS RECORD £700,000 FUNDING TO TACKLE BORDERS ALCOHOL MISUSE

19/03/2008

SNP to fight "tooth and nail" over Council education cuts

17/03/2008

Penicuik Cadets

13/03/2008

Borders rugby clubs urged to apply for additional support

12/03/2008

Scaremongering over Borders Rail will damage potential investment

11/03/2008

Scottish Government raise nursing concerns with NHS Borders

06/03/2008

GRAHAME SECURES MINISTERIAL TALKS WITH BORDERS TOURIST REPRESENTATIVES

05/03/2008

WAVERLEY RAIL ON TRACK AS MINISTER GIVES GREEN LIGHT TO PROJECT

05/03/2008

BORDERS RAIL ON TRACK AS MINISTER GIVES GREEN LIGHT TO PROJECT

4/03/2008

CENTRAL HEATING PROGRAMME INVESTMENT BENEFITTING THE BORDERS

28/02/2008

SBHA accused of profiteering over digital TV switchover

28/02/2008

New figures support case for heart testing pilot in the Borders

28/02/2008

Son of George Medal winner backs Scots bravery award call

27/02/2008

Scottish Ministers urged to back Scots bravery medal

8/2/2008

BERWICK-UPON-TWEED URGED TO COME BACK INTO THE FOLD

12/2/2008

79% of Berwickers back reunification with Scotland

7/2/2008

CONSULTATION ON TV AND RADIO SERVICES LAUNCHED IN SCOTTISH BORDERS

6/2/2008

ANTHRAX FATAL ACCIDENT INQUIRY CASE TO BE HELD

4/2/2008

MSP CALLS FOR .SCO DOMAIN NAME CHANGE

31/1/2008

TEXTILES SUMMIT WILL CONSIDER FUTURE OF BORDERS INDUSTRY

25/1/2008

SHOCK AND ANGER – As another Borders firm faces closure

21/1/2008

NHS Borders backs Grahame over tobacco licensing

24/1/2008

Liberal Democrats vote jeopardised Borders railway reintroduction

22/1/2008

SBCs “King Canute” flooding policy rubbished

21/1/2008

Liberal Democrat move will damage Borders voluntary sector

17/1/2008

MSPs meet Barbour workers to express concerns over closure

16/1/2008

Snaring of animals has no place in 21st century - Grahame

16/1/2008

DVLA ACCUSED OF “INFORMATION PIRACY” OVER DETAILS PASSED TO PRIVATE FIRMS

15/1/2008

BORDERS COUNCIL IN RECKLESS CHARGE OVER FLOOD PREVENTION APPLICATION

14/1/2008

MSP-PEERS WARNED TO STOP “LORDING IT UP” AT TAXPAYERS EXPENSE

11/1/2008

MSP “shocked” at Barbour closure announcement

 

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