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Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.A financial cashpot of £185million to help small businesses has been welcomed but Jackie Baillie MSP says the fund needs to be made available now - not next month.And the Labour member said that local firms were struggling to get access to some of the existing support grants.Finance secretary Kate Forbes last week announced the package of £185 million in additional targeted support will be made available to

death of her baby brother.John Proctor died in an ambulance in 1967 aged just four months, leaving his parents devastated.Mum Isobel and dad John never received an apology for mistakes they say led to their son’s death.The family have now enlisted local MSP Jackie Baillie in their quest for answers.Isobel died six years ago, having never seen anyone taken to task for the death of her child.Baby John’s sister, Elizabeth Mullen, from Balloch in Dunbartonshire, said: “My mum said she could remember

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.Residents are being urged not to travel to Helensburgh following reports of visitor influxes forcing the closures of local businesses.Dumbarton MSP Jackie Baillie says she has been contacted by a number of Helensburgh and Lomond residents concerned about the impact that those who are coming to the area from tiers three and four might be having on the town’s ability to contain the virus.Helensburgh is

Alex Salmond had earlier made a “disclosure” to a top civil servant in Nicola Sturgeon’s office.John Somers, principal private secretary to the First Minister, received the information at a meeting weeks before a complaint was made to the Government about Salmond.However, it is unclear from a letter sent by the Government to the Holyrood Inquiry what the woman told Somers.Labour MSP Jackie Baillie described the meeting as "extraordinary".A Holyrood committee is examining how in 2018 the SNP

botched handling of allegations against Alex Salmond was the result of "incompetence and secrecy", an MSP has claimed. Jackie Baillie, a member of the committee investigating why ministers ultimately lost a judicial review to the former SNP leader, said newly published documents revealed the process was flawed months before its conclusion.

tax bills over the next 20 years.Scottish Labour’s Jackie Baillie has said the “staggering” proposals will result in charges for some households doubling.It comes after a report from the Water Industry Commission for Scotland (WICS) was published earlier this month in a bid to pay for £1billion of improvements to an ageing Victorian infrastructure.The body sets the boundaries for the amount Scottish Water can add to council tax bills each year.Baillie said: “The water regulator has now confirmed

new lockdown measures if they agree to stop selling alcohol, Nicola Sturgeon has confirmed. It had initially appeared that all licensed premises across five central health board areas - ranging from pubs to restaurants - would have to close for 16 days as of 6pm tomorrow.

SNP Government by summer. Health Secretary Jeane Freeman had claimed 2000 would in post by June, but it emerged only 874 were available three months later.

Nicola Sturgeon’s husband has been urged to provide “full transparency” over WhatsApp messages where he appeared to back police action against Alex Salmond.Labour MSP Jackie Baillie said SNP chief executive Peter Murrell has “questions to answer” after the Record revealed claims that he called for pressure to be put on the police in the Salmond case.We reported yesterday that SNP MP Kenny MacAskill received an anonymous document which claimed to include WhatsApp messages relating to the sex

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.BBC Scotland’s decision to axe the televising of daily Covid-19 briefings has been welcomed by a local politician.Labour MSP Jackie Baillie previously met with BBC chiefs to express her concerns that the briefings were becoming too focused on politics rather than the pandemic, with the broadcaster announcing last Thursday that it would decide whether or not to broadcast the updates based on “editorial

Alex Salmond debacle cost the taxpayer. Leslie Evans said the Government does not record the amount of time in-house lawyers and officials work on particular issues.Labour MSP Jackie Baillie said: “It is time the Scottish Government came clean about the true cost to the taxpayer of the botched handling of sexual harassment claims.”A Holyrood committee is investigating how the SNP Government handled complaints of sexual misconduct against Salmond.

Richard Leonard. MSP Jackie Baillie and MP Ian Murray were named by youth representatives on the ruling SEC body angry at bitter split in the troubled party.

Police appeal after serious road crash on A82 near BallochLast Wednesday, Beth Culshaw from West Dunbartonshire Health and Social Care Partnership (WDHSCP) said at a council meeting: “We have made a strong case for one to be included within West Dunbartonshire and I think the application will be confirmed on Thursday.”But confirmation was only made on Twitter this morning.Dumbarton MSP Jackie Baillie has been demanding a local site for weeks and said: “Given the new restrictions applied to West

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our personalised newsletter.Concerns have been raised over Loch Lomond businesses struggling to recover from the pandemic.Jackie Baillie MSP says she has been contacted by a number of residents who work in the local tourism industry with serious concerns.She says many are worried that there will be a risk of job losses or business closures once the furlough scheme comes to an end.She is calling for sector specific financial

SNP campaigner announces bid to battle Jackie Baillie for Dumbarton seat in 2021 electionsIn response, Freeman said: “Mobile testing units have been made available in Helensburgh and Port Glasgow (5.5 miles away from Dumbarton).“Alternatively, home test kits are available through the UK Expanded testing programme and can be booked via the UK online digital portal, and are an option where people seeking a test are unable to attend a fixed drive-through centre or mobile testing unit.”BREAKING:

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our personalised newsletter.The number of patients attending a lifeline Vale hospital service has plummeted due to repeated closures, according to a local politician.A Freedom of Information request by MSP Jackie Baillie shows 818 people attended the GP out-of-hours service in July last year - compared to just 81 in June.She claims the drop in attendance is due to the service being closed so often and residents being sent by

Richard Leonard would be putting his party first if he stood down as Scottish leader.Lord Foulkes said Scottish Labour needed “credible leadership” to take on the SNP but claimed Leonard was not breaking through with voters.He added that deputy Jackie Baillie could take over on an acting basis for the Holyrood election.Keir Starmer has seen his personal poll ratings soar since becoming UK Labour leader earlier this year.However Leonard, a left winger who has been in post for nearly three years,

The closure-fraught GP out-of-hours service at the Vale hospital is now permanently by appointment only – prompting campaigner outrage.NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde announced the new measure on June 1, the same day it was implemented.It came as a shock to community figures, including Jackie Baillie MSP and Vale of Leven Hospital campaigner Jim Moohan - who say there was no prior notification or consultation.It means residents will need to phone NHS24 on 111 in the first instance and will either

Dumbarton MSP Jackie Baillie is to return to Scottish Labour’s shadow cabinet 18 months after she was sacked by leader Richard Leonard.

Scottish Labour’s new deputy leader has landed a plum job in the shadow cabinet - eighteen months after Richard Leonard fired her.

A care home has stopped admitting new residents after reports 15 people with confirmed or suspected coronavirus there have died in the last month.

Fifteen residents at a council care home are understood to have died of coronavirus in less than a month.

Managers at a Scots care home where 11 people have died in 10 days have been accused on ‘locking masks away’ and ‘belittling’ staff for taking temperatures of residents.

A lack of protective equipment means district nurses are being forced to make the "appalling" decision over which patients they wear protection to treat, the deputy leader of Scottish Labour has said.

A West Dunbartonshire care worker has died from suspected coronavirus, it is understood.

A West Dunbartonshire doctor has made an urgent call for strict isolation measures to be implemented now to prevent the spread of coronavirus.

A much-loved outdoor centre in Helensburgh is set to be saved following a dramatic u-turn by the Green Party.

Party bosses have ruled out a bid by two senior Scottish Labour MSPs to become deputy leaders on a job-share basis.