Local MP John Lamont is calling on small shopkeepers to try to make it two years in a row for the Scottish Borders in the UK’s Best Small Shops Competition.

The Scottish Government’s own figures show the stark cost to Scotland of putting up a border at Berwick.

Local MP John Lamont has launched a new campaign to boost investment in electric car charging points, particularly in rural areas.

The UK Government has committed to phasing out the sale of new diesel and petrol cars by 2040 in a shift towards electric cars. 

Local MP John Lamont has said the Scottish Government needs to ‘come clean’ on their ability to connect every home to superfast broadband by 2021.

R100, or the Reaching 100% programme, is the SNP’s pledge to roll out super-fast broadband to 100% of Scotland’s inhabitants by 2021.

Local MP John Lamont has praised an award winning and ground-breaking service for new parents following a visit to Nurture the Borders in Selkirk.

Local MP John Lamont has praised a Borders run charity for promoting healthy eating and tackling food poverty.

Local MP, John Lamont, has welcomed Kelso being shortlisted for a prestigious Great British High Street Award.

The market town has been nominated in the Rising Star category with 27 other towns from across the UK, including only 7 in Scotland.

Wilton Lodge Park is in the running for a major national award recognising the best parks in the UK.

John Lamont MP and Rachael Hamilton MSP have completed their 6-week long surgery tour of the Borders.

The surgery tour was the largest in Scotland, and took in 84 towns and villages from Newcastleton in the south west, to St Abbs in the north east of the region.

NHS Borders may be receiving a lifeline thanks to new funding from the UK Government.

The health board has recently announced it is facing a £13.8m deficit, despite receiving bailouts from the Scottish Government the past two years.