Westminster’s Scottish Affairs Committee begin their inquiry into the future of the oil and gas sector on Tuesday (12 June) with a session providing an overview of the health of the industry and the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead. Continue reading Scottish Affairs Committee to hold opening hearing of oil and gas inquiry
UK’s biggest firms will have to justify pay gap between bosses and their workers
Big firms will have to justify their chief executives’ salaries and reveal the gap to their average UK worker, under new laws to be laid in the Westminster Parliament tomorrow (Monday 11 June). Continue reading Fighting the fat cat culture?
Deidre Brock MP joined international maritime charity Sailors’ Society at a reception to mark its 200 years of supporting seafarers and their families around the world – including in Leith. Continue reading Local MP celebrates 200th anniversary of maritime charity
RBS has singularly failed to appreciate the damage their closure programme will inflict on many communities across Scotland, says a damning report by the Scottish Affairs Committee. Continue reading Clueless bankers! Westminster committee report lambasts RBS
The Scottish Affairs Committee has written to Ross McEwan, CEO of RBS, following reports calling into question evidence he gave to the Committee last Wednesday on the closure of RBS branches in Scotland. Continue reading Explain yourself, man!
Continue reading Mundell welcomes fall in jobless figures … and has a dig at Holyrood
The Scottish Affairs Committee will hold a one-off session on the cash machine network in Scotland tomorrow (Tuesday 15 May). The session will examine the long-term future of the network, particularly in rural areas, in light of proposals to change the way it is funded. Continue reading Scottish Affairs Committee to investigate cash machine network
The Westminster government has announced a renewed focus on brain cancer research, in honour of Tessa Jowell, who died at the weekend. Continue reading Government doubles investment in brain cancer research with £40 million ‘Tessa Jowell Brain Cancer Research Mission’
BANK ‘NOT LISTENING’ TO ANGER OF CUSTOMERS AND BUSINESSES
SNP MP Deidre Brock says RBS ‘failed to answer‘ many questions as three senior executives appeared before the Scottish Affairs Committee (SAC) at Westminster yesterday. Continue reading RBS ‘failed to answer’ questions, says local MP
The Scottish Affairs Committee will take evidence from Ross McEwan, CEO of the Royal Bank of Scotland on Tuesday (8 May). The session will examine the reasons behind the decision to close 62 branches of RBS in Scotland, subsequent temporary reprieve for ten branches, and the long term future of local banking in Scotland. The Committee will also hear from the Lending Standards Board, the self-regulatory body for the financial services sector. Continue reading Scottish Affairs Committee to quiz RBS chief on branch closures
