Highlands and Islands MSP Emma Roddick has warned that the UK Government’s immigration policies are causing harm to local healthcare services and threatening the livelihoods of skilled workers, and has taken the case of a local worker to Holyrood to highlight the urgency.  Her warning comes after an Inverness-based dental hygienist, Akhil Anil, spoke out [...]

Highlands and Islands MSP Emma Roddick has welcomed the First Minister’s support for the UK Government to open safe routes for those with family in Scotland to leave Gaza.  The First Minister responded to Ms Roddick’s question in Parliament, agreeing that the UK Government should reconsider its position due to the “awfulness” of the current [...]

Emma Roddick MSP has called on the UK Government to lift the £50 million cap on annual charity lottery sales.   Speaking in a Members’ Business Debate on Thursday [1st of February], Emma called on the cap to be lifted as it is “outdated and unneeded”.  The cap is said to be impacting the ability of [...]

Highlands & Islands MSP Emma Roddick has said that the UK Government has undermined devolution by interfering with Scotland’s Deposit Return Scheme - delaying the scheme’s launch. Reacting to the news that the scheme will now launch no earlier than 2025, rather than March next year as planned, Ms Roddick said that the UK Government’s [...]

Highlands & Islands MSP Emma Roddick has said that tomorrow’s UK budget must deliver for households across the Highlands & Islands that have felt the ‘devastating’ impacts of the Tory-made cost of living crisis.  Ahead of tomorrow’s UK budget announcement, Emma Roddick MSP has joined SNP colleagues in calling on the UK Government to deliver [...]

Emma Roddick, MSP for the Highlands & Islands has warned that Rishi Sunak’s Prime Ministerial appointment is not good news for households across the Highlands & Islands and the rest of Scotland. The SNP MSP’s calls come following the news that Rishi Sunak has been appointed Conservative party leader and will thus become the new [...]

Highlands and Islands MSP Emma Roddick has lambasted the Chancellor of the Exchequer’s Spring Statement, noting recent polling that suggests over 80% of people in Scotland are worried about the cost of living crisis. Commenting, Roddick said: “The Tories can talk about responsible government all they like but the truth is that they are hiking [...]