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Taxing time for services

I fully recognise the powers and flexibility the Scottish Government has to adjust income tax north of the border through the devolution settlement.

As we reach another milestone, after what has been several challenging years globally, I see more positive trends emerging locally and nationally.

Progress with a bid to bring traffic relief to the Galloway villages of Springholm and Crocketford has been welcomed by local MP Alister Jack.

A local politician has scooped a top award for achievement at a prestigious ceremony in Edinburgh.

Dumfries and Galloway MP and Scottish Secretary Alister Jack impressed a panel of judges in The Herald  Scottish Politician of the Year Awards 2023.

Local MP Alister Jack has praised the creative pupils who took part in his 2023 Christmas card competition.

The eagerly anticipated challenge open to primary schools across Dumfries and Galloway constituency attracted hundreds of entries.

UK investment will boost local zero emission travel

Public transport is vital across the region and particularly so in Wigtownshire with our many small scattered communities and large rural roads network.

Levelling up maternity provision vital in west

I know from on-going correspondence from the west of the constituency there remains a significant appetite for a resumption of full maternity services within the Galloway Community Hospital in Stranraer.

Scotland Secretary and Dumfries and Galloway MP Alister Jack and his wife Ann together laid wreaths at Dumfries war memorial on Remembrance Sunday.

A poppy cross tribute was laid on behalf of the people of Dumfries and Galloway constituency this week at a Garden of Remembrance in the grounds of the Palace of Westminster.

Building partnerships in Vietnam 

I have been aware for some years of the economic transformation taking place in Vietnam which has seen the once war-ravaged country develop into one of south-east Asia’s more vibrant nations.