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Candy Philip, the founder of Keeping Duns Blooming Marvellous, was thanked for her work by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak at a reception of Community Champions last week. 

Taking place at Number 10 Downing Street, the reception celebrated local heroes from across the United Kingdom. 

I am delighted to be re-selected as the Scottish Conservative & Unionist party candidate for the Scottish Borders in the next General Election. 

Recently, pupils from Galashiels Academy visited London and I was delighted to meet them as they toured the Houses of Parliament. 

The UK Government Budget has delivered a “welcome boost” to the economy.

Approximately £320 million will be delivered to Scotland as a result of the UK Budget decisions from Chancellor Jeremy Hunt.

On Friday, I visited the Laughing Ducks Soft Play in Coldstream alongside Scottish independent broadband provider, GoFibre, to discuss progress and benefits for the area.

Recently, there has been a great reluctance from the SNP Government to invest in improvements to local roads or fund councils properly to fix potholes.

Good local roads are vital for people’s everyday lives, so they can visit family, get to work and run their businesses.

The UK Government made 168,000 energy bill payments for Borders residents towards the end of 2022, according to new statistics.

These vital UK Government payments to tens of thousands of Borders households are very welcome.

By John Lamont MP

Now that Nicola Sturgeon has resigned, attention has turned to her legacy.

Just as she divided Scotland by making every issue about another referendum, the outgoing SNP leader continues to divide opinion.

I have urged SNP leadership contender Humza Yousaf to drop his bid to be the next First Minister and focus on improving the NHS in the Borders and across Scotland. 

Berwickshire High School pupils toured the Houses of Parliament with Scottish Borders MP John Lamont last week.