Gordon Macdonald MSP

SNP MSP, Gordon MacDonald, has welcomed the First Minister’s announcement that the Scottish Child Payment will be doubled from April 2022. The announcement will see at least 7,555 eligible children across Edinburgh receiving £20 per week per child from spring next year, with more than 106,000 children across Scotland immediately benefitting from the increased payment. Since the launch of the Scottish Government payment on 15 February 2021, £2,036,820 has been issued in paymen

SNP MSP Gordon Macdonald has called on the Tory Westminster Government to make good on the money Scotland and Northern Ireland are owed as its share of the £20 billion from Boris Johnson’s ill-fated plan to build a bridge to Northern Ireland. Money which represents the equivalent of up to £1.4 billion for Edinburgh. The project – promoted by Boris Johnson was costed at £20 billion, but since the plans for the bridge were canned the money has not been allocated for spending in

Every young person under the age of 22 in Edinburgh will benefit from free bus travel from 31st January 2022 after an announcement by the SNP Scottish Government. The announcement was made by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and meets a key manifesto pledge by the SNP in the May elections. This will mean that young people across Edinburgh will have their opportunities to learn, work and travel opened up by the scheme. Research from Transport Scotland has revealed that 70% of yo