SNP MSP Emma Roddick has hit out at Tory colleagues for “dangerous” rhetoric around disability payments, claiming that recent rhetoric from both the Conservative and Labour parties in the UK is “terrifying” disabled people. The Highlands and Islands MSP intervened on a speech by Conservative Stephen Kerr MSP during a debate on UK welfare cuts [...]

SNP MSP Emma Roddick has said she is “proud” to have voted for the Scottish Budget, which passed yesterday [25th February 2025] with support from the Green and Liberal Democrat parties. Only the Conservatives voted against the SNP Government’s budget, with Scottish Labour abstaining. The Islands MSP said: “Another year, another SNP budget that I’m [...]

Emma Roddick MSP has called out the impact of changes to Employers' National Insurance contributions following a visit to L’Arche Highland, a community for people with learning disabilities in Inverness. The Chancellor of the Exchequer said on the 30th of October 2024 that the secondary Class 1 rate of employers' National Insurance Contributions (NICs) would [...]