Time to end rip-off delivery fees hitting Highlanders in the pocket at Christmas By Alasdair Fraser
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Updated: 10:34, 23 December 2020
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Sonya Hayward, fair delivery campaign coordinator for Moray Citizens Advice Bureau with Moray MSP Richard Lochhead as they launch their new campaign against unfair postal charges.Picture: Daniel Forsyth..
People in the Highlands are stumping up on average an extra £61 on Christmas shopping through extortionate delivery charges.
The âpostcode lotteryâ was highlighted in research by the Scottish National Party comparing the cost of extra Christmas postage fees to Moray as compared to Surrey in the south of England.
Covid-19 home testing kits now available for all of mainland Scotland By Alan Hendry Published: 17:30, 23 December 2020
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Jeane Freeman said the Scottish Government would continue to work with the UK government and local partners to improve access to testing in remote and rural areas.
Home test kits for Covid-19 are now available for symptomatic people in all areas of mainland Scotland to order.
The expansion covers parts of mainland Highland where home test kits were previously unavailable.
Online booking access has now been extended to the remaining 82 postcode districts, including those in Caithness.
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MSP calls for end to postcode lottery on delivery fees with Highlanders hit hard in the pocket at Christmas By Alasdair Fraser
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Updated: 10:41, 23 December 2020
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Sonya Hayward, fair delivery campaign coordinator for Moray Citizens Advice Bureau with Moray MSP Richard Lochhead as they launch their new campaign against unfair postal charges.Picture: Daniel Forsyth..
People in the Highlands are stumping up on average an extra £61 on Christmas shopping through extortionate delivery charges.
The âpostcode lotteryâ was highlighted in research by the Scottish National Party comparing the cost of extra Christmas postage fees to Moray as compared to Surrey in the south of England.
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Kate Forbes has instead decided to use the Treasury’s money to prepare for a no deal Brexit as relations between London and Edinburgh become tense over a trade deal. First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said Scotland was being taken out of the EU “against its will” adding, “what is decided or not decided will affect us very much.”
THE Finance Secretary has put aside a £300 million war chest to fight the impact of Brexit and Covid in 2021 as a report reveals the pandemic has pushed the Scottish Government almost £700m into the red. The overspend is the result of two major business support schemes agreed in March. Brexit is also said to have “placed considerable strain” on the Holyrood Budget, according to auditors. The £699m overspend relates to the 2019-20 Budget. However, most of the £8 billion in Barnett consequentials due from Westminster as a result of Covid will fall in the 2020-21 financial year. The Scottish Government says it had to commit the funds to support the economy and has not overstepped its bounds.