Welcome to Borders Liberal Democrats

Here you can find out information about Liberal Democrat MP for Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk, Michael Moore, Tweeddale Ettrick and Lauderdale MSP, Jeremy Purvis and Jim Hume MSP who represents the South of Scotland.

You can also find out more about the work our Liberal Democrat Group is doing at Scottish Borders Council and the campaigns we are running locally.

If you have any questions, queries or issues that you would like help with, please feel free to contact us. You can find the contact details for all our elected representatives on this site.

Please see below for all our latest news stories. For the rest of our recent news, please select the "Borders News" tab on the left hand menu.

Michael Moore's Week Ahead

Monday 8 March - Saturday 13 March 2010

Here are some highlights of what I am doing this week:

'On Monday morning, I will meet with constituents before visiting the market in Newtown St Boswells. Later, I will travel down to London for the start of the Parliamentary week.

'On Tuesday, I will be working on urgent casework issues before meetings in my capacity as Liberal Democrat spokesman on development issues.

'On Wednesday morning, I will meet with constituents from Kelso who are visiting London before Prime Ministers Questions in the chamber. In the afternoon, my Liberal Democrat colleague Sir Alan Beith and I will meet with Chris Mole MP, Minister at the Department for Transport, to discuss the future of rail services on the East Coast Main Line.

'On Friday, I will meet with the Director of Swans and then other representatives of the local business community to discuss issues affecting their businesses .

My surgeries on Friday this week will be at Victoria Hall in Selkirk between 3.00 and 4.00pm, and Old Gala House in Galashiels between 4.30 and 5.30pm.

'On Saturday I will be meeting constituents in Hawick before watching Scotland break their run of bad luck and regain the Calcutta Cup!'

Moore Welcome Extension of Bad Weather Grants Scheme

Thu 4th Mar 2010

Local MP Michael Moore has welcomed the announcement that a £3 million Severe Weather Grant Scheme will be extended to provide support to Borders farmers whose property was damaged during the most recent period of heavy snow.

Local MP Presses Minister To Act On Borders Unemployment

Tue 2nd Mar 2010

SECRETARY OF STATE AGREES TO MEET BORDERS DELEGATION

Moore: Government Must Reward Early Innovators

Tue 2nd Mar 2010

Local MP Michael Moore is urging the Government to change its Clean Energy Cash-Back scheme to ensure that early energy innovators in the Borders can benefit from the scheme.

Michael Moore's Week Ahead - Monday 1 March to Friday 5 March 2010

Mon 1st Mar 2010

Here are some highlights of what I am doing this week:

Moore Opposes Charity Music Licence Changes

Thu 25th Feb 2010

Borders MP Michael Moore has hit out at Ministers over changes to music copyright licence rules that could cost the UK voluntary sector more than £20 million.

Moore Backs Calls for EID Amnesty

Wed 24th Feb 2010

Borders MP Michael Moore is backing calls from Scottish farmers' groups for a moratorium on penalties for breaches of the EU sheep identification rules that came into force at the start of 2010.

Moore Presses Minister On Support For Borders Manufacturers

Tue 23rd Feb 2010

Continued problems in accessing finance on reasonable term and uncertainty over the future of skills training has left the future of the Borders manufacturing sector in doubt, according to local MP Michael Moore.

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Quotes of the Week

"Anyone who wants to pass laws in this country should pay this country's full taxes and not hide behind the special offshore status of non-doms. Non-doms have to tell the taxman that their first allegiance is to another country. No-one should be a British lawmaker whose first allegiance is not to Britain."

Chris Huhne, Liberal Democrat Shadow Home Secretary

www.libdems.org.uk - 2 March

"I think people are entitled to expect a sensible, stable government at a time when the country is facing very, very acute choices. We take what the markets are worrying about immensely seriously. We will not take any risk with the creditworthiness of the economy."

Nick Clegg, Leader of the Liberal Democrats

Financial Times - 3 March