Jardine welcomes reprieve for RBS Newbridge
Christine Jardine MP welcomes news that Newbridge branch will remain open longer.
7 Oct 2024
Christine Jardine
Member of Parliament for Edinburgh West
About Christine
Christine was elected the Member of Parliament for Edinburgh West in 2017, re-elected again in 2019 and for a historic third time in 2024.
Before Parliament, Christine was a broadcast journalist with the BBC and taught journalism at the University of Strathclyde.
Since being elected, she has campaigned on air quality, pension equality for WASPI women, medicinal cannabis, refugees' right to work and the cost of living.
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5529 over 80s at risk of losing Winter Fuel Payments in Edinburgh West as local MP calls on govt to “change course”
More than five thousand of those aged over 80 in Edinburgh West are at risk of losing their Winter Fuel Payments due to the government’s cuts, the latest official statistics released September 24th have revealed.
26 Sep 2024
Christine Jardine to press UK Government on sustainable aviation fuel
Edinburgh West MP Christine Jardine is calling on the UK Government to support sustainable aviation fuel production in Scotland.
19 Sep 2024
Christine Jardine calls for more sites to reduce illegal encampments
Edinburgh West MP Christine Jardine will raise recent issues in Drumbrae when she calls on both the UK and Scottish Governments to relieve tensions between communities and travellers by improving designated sites in a parliamentary debate.
19 Sep 2024
Jardine votes against cut to Winter Fuel Allowance
Edinburgh West MP Christine Jardine has voted against Labour’s plan to cut the Winter Fuel Payment for more than 18,000 pensioners in her constituency.
19 Sep 2024
Jardine calls for controls on quarry blasts
Edinburgh West MP Christine Jardine has called for action to prevent repeated breaches of environmental regulations at a quarry in Ratho.
6 Aug 2024
Christine Jardine sets out priorities for new Parliament.
Christine has been elected for a third time as the MP for Edinburgh West.
6 Aug 2024
Jardine pushes Government on VAT pressures on Edinburgh schools
Christine has criticised the UK Government's plans for VAT on school fees, citing the projected pressure on the state sector.
6 Aug 2024
Post Office and Bank closures
Christine has raised the closure of several local post office and bank closures in parliament and called for better access to these essential services within her local communities, following her debate on access to Post Offices last year.
1 May 2024
Christine fights for Council funding
Christine is working to ensure UK funding to help local councils actually reaches those in Scotland which are having to make cuts, like Edinburgh.
1 May 2024
Jardine presents bill to improve support for bereaved children
Edinburgh West MP Christine Jardine has presented a Bill to Parliament calling for a new protocol to support children who suffer a bereavement.
4 Apr 2024
Christine on the findings of the Ombudsman’s WASPI report
Responding to the publication of the findings of the Ombudsman’s WASPI report.
4 Apr 2024
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