Fiona welcomes supermarket watchdog u-turn
East Lothian’s MP, Fiona O’Donnell, has welcomed the UK Government’s U-turn on the Groceries Code Adjudicator’s power to fine big supermarkets which break the Code. Speaking after the Government ...
MP slams cuts to compensation for injured victims
Local Labour MP Fiona O’Donnell has slammed Government cuts which mean that 90% of people who are attacked and seriously injured will see their compensation payment severely reduced ...
Fiona calls on Chancellor to stop new year fuel duty rise
Fiona O’Donnell, Labour MP for East Lothian, is calling on the Chancellor to cancel the Government’s new year 3p per litre petrol tax rise that will hit local ...
Fiona asks Why Stop Now? this World AIDS Day
Fiona O’Donnell MP this week joined UK international and student activists from the Stop AIDS Campaign, at an event to mark World AIDS Day on 1 December. Fiona spoke ...
MP’s awareness call to mark Carers Rights Day
Fiona O’Donnell MP has marked Carers Rights Day 2012 by urging carers in East Lothian to make sure they are fully informed about their rights as ...
Fiona welcomes Government u-turn on costs of credit cap
East Lothian MP Fiona O’Donnell has welcomed the news that the Tory-led Government has accepted the need to cap the costs of credit and promised their own amendment ...
Work Programme is a miserable failure
Figures released this week show that in East Lothian the Work Programme is comprehensively failing to get local people back to work. National figures show that in its first 12 months the ...
Foodbank now seeking donations of food and funds
East Lothian Foodbank is seeking immediate donations of food and money as it attempts to help local residents in greatest need before Christmas. Asda, Dunbar food collection day 8 ...
Fiona promotes new payday loans campaign
East Lothian MP Fiona O’Donnell has tabled a motion in Parliament welcoming the launch of a new Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) campaign on payday lending. The campaign, “Payday Loans: ...
Backing for new road safety campaign
Fiona O’Donnell MP and Iain Gray MSP have given their backing to a new European-wide campaign to support the lowering to 20mph of speed limits in residential ...
