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SNP Government rolls out additional support for pensioners across the Highlands and Islands

The SNP Scottish Government has extended eligibility for the Pension Age Disability Payment (PADP) to thirteen more local authority areas…

1 year ago

Emma Roddick SNP MSP calls for urgency on improving Salmon Farming

Emma Roddick MSP has spoken out following her dissent in a committee report, refusing to agree that a pause in…

1 year ago

SNP MSP celebrates volunteers at tool library

Emma Roddick MSP has welcomed the continued efforts of volunteers at Inverness Tool Library, an organisation based in the Carse…

1 year ago

SNP MSP hits out at “dangerous” benefits rhetoric

SNP MSP Emma Roddick has hit out at Tory colleagues for “dangerous” rhetoric around disability payments, claiming that recent rhetoric…

1 year ago

SNP MSP joins learning disability charity’s 50th birthday party

Highlands and Islands MSP Emma Roddick has joined L’Arche Highland to celebrate 50 years since the charity was founded. L’Arche…

1 year ago

SNP Government delivers £1 billion in Scottish Child Payments

Emma Roddick MSP has welcomed a “momentous milestone” reached in Scottish Child Payments following the news that over £1.7 billion…

1 year ago

Emma Roddick MSP celebrates the positive impact of free tuition in the Highlands

MSP for the Highlands and Islands, Emma Roddick, has welcomed figures which reveal that 3,705 students in the Highlands benefited…

1 year ago

SNP MSP visits largest IT service centres in Europe on Scottish Apprenticeship Week

As part of the nationwide Apprenticeship Week Celebrations for the week of 3 to 7 March 2025, Highlands and Islands…

1 year ago

Emma Roddick MSP: “This is a budget which delivers for the islands”

SNP MSP Emma Roddick has said she is “proud” to have voted for the Scottish Budget, which passed yesterday [25th…

1 year ago

SNP MSP calls out the impact of the employers’ national insurance contributions increase on the care sector

Emma Roddick MSP has called out the impact of changes to Employers' National Insurance contributions following a visit to L’Arche…

1 year ago