The Chancellor must deliver for the Borders in his budget next week, local MP John Lamont has said.

NHS Borders is set to have £10m in debts cancelled thanks to additional funding from the UK Government.

Local MP has slammed an independent review which recommends RBS closes its Melrose branch., meaning the town is set to lose its last remaining bank.

More than 15,000 pensioners in the Scottish Borders will not be getting a new improved flu jab, available in England, thanks to a delay by the Scottish Government ordering the new drug.

New figures from LINK, the UK’s largest cash machine network show that 250 ATMs are vanishing each month, including many in rural areas which are meant to be protected.

John Lamont MP has met with the Chancellor of the Exchequer to discuss what the Borders needs out of the Autumn Budget, expected next month.

Residents from all over one of the UK’s largest constituencies have had the opportunity to meet their MP and MSP this summer.

Residents in Coldingham, St Abbs and Co’path have expressed their frustration at the loss of their direct bus service to Edinburgh at a meeting with Borders Buses Commercial Manager, Sharon Morrison.

Residents in Melrose have 3 months to save the last bank in town as RBS has today announced who will decide its fate.

For dates, please see: https://www.johnlamont.org/events