http://www.dunfermlinelibdems.org.uk/newsarchive.php Recent News Stories from Willie Rennie MP and Jim Tolson MSP en-GB Willie Rennie MP and Jim Tolson MSP http://www.dunfermlinelibdems.org.uk/ Prater Raines Ltd http://www.praterraines.co.uk/ (c) 2008 Willie Rennie MP and Jim Tolson MSP 2008-07-04T02:55+01:00 United Kingdom http://www.dunfermlinelibdems.org.uk/news/000323/mp_condemns_proposed_closure_of_post_offices.html Local MP Willie Rennie has lodged his opposition to the closure of four post offices in Dunfermline and West Fife by writing to Post Office Ltd urging them to reconsider their proposal. 2008-07-01T15:00+01:00 http://www.dunfermlinelibdems.org.uk/news/000322/voice_your_concerns__post_office_public_meetings.html Local MP Willie Rennie is calling on residents affected by the proposed post office closures, to come and voice their opinions at a series of public meetings he has organised. 2008-06-20T11:33+01:00 http://www.dunfermlinelibdems.org.uk/news/000321/rennie_congratulates_scotash_on_another_queens_award.html Dunfermline and West Fife MP Willie Rennie has tabled a parliamentary motion congratulating ScotAsh, a company based at Longannet power station in his constituency on receiving a second Queen's Award for Enterprise in three years. 2008-06-20T11:32+01:00 http://www.dunfermlinelibdems.org.uk/news/000320/lib_dems_celebrate_new_business_in_fife.html Local MP Willie Rennie and MSP Jim Tolson are "delighted" that West Fife has bucked the economic decline by recording an increased number of new business start ups. Official figures from the Committee of Scottish Clearing Bankers show that in the first quarter of 2007, the number of start up businesses in Scotland was 8,356. In the first quarter of 2008, the number of start up businesses was 5,550 - a third less than the same time last year. However, Dunfermline and West Fife has managed to buck this trend by seeing 101 new business start ups for the first quarter of 2008, compared to 65 in the first quarter of 2007. 2008-06-20T11:32+01:00 http://www.dunfermlinelibdems.org.uk/news/000319/dunfermline_hmrc_office_earmarked_for_closure.html Dunfermline and West Fife MP Willie Rennie has reacted angrily to the news that the HM Revenue and Customs office in Dunfermline has been earmarked for closure. The announcement yesterday of the branches earmarked for closure will be followed by an eight week consultation period. 2008-06-20T11:31+01:00 http://www.dunfermlinelibdems.org.uk/news/000318/willie_rennie_reports_back_after_trip_to_israel_and_palestine.html Only fifteen minutes from Tel-Aviv's stunning Mediterranean beaches swarming with holidaymakers was a 500 mile long security wall - or as the Israelis anxiously assert is actually a fence. It was difficult to imagine that I was at the centre of one of the most deep rooted, complex and protracted disputes in the world that has a resonance not only throughout the Middle East but also pricks the conscience of the West caught between the responsibility they feel towards Jewish people and the shocking conditions endured by the Palestinians. 2008-06-10T14:29+01:00 http://www.dunfermlinelibdems.org.uk/news/000317/local_mp_marks_carers_week_by_calling_for_action_to_help_carers_hit_by_tax_changes.html Dunfermline and West Fife MP Willie Rennie is marking this year's Carers Week, which runs from 9 to 15 June, by calling on the Government to take urgent action to help carers who have been made worse off as a result of the abolition of the 10p rate of tax. 2008-06-10T14:28+01:00 http://www.dunfermlinelibdems.org.uk/news/000316/local_mp_calls_for_a_fair_deal_for_fifers_from_bt.html Local MP Willie Rennie has today expressed concern over the disparity in broadband speeds between Fife and near by Edinburgh. According to data collected by thinkbroadband.com for the BBC, Edinburgh enjoys download speeds of 4,413 Kbps. In contrast, despite the short distance to Edinburgh, the average download speed in Fife is 2,926 Kbps - just over half the speed enjoyed by Edinburgh and amongst the slowest in Britain. 2008-06-10T14:28+01:00 http://www.dunfermlinelibdems.org.uk/news/000315/rennie_challenges_pm_to_save_cowdenbeath_post_office.html Dunfermline and West Fife MP Willie Rennie has written to Prime Minister Gordon Brown to join the campaign to save a Cowdenbeath post office from closure. 2008-06-10T14:27+01:00 http://www.dunfermlinelibdems.org.uk/news/000314/nuclear_subs_to_leave_rosyth__but_not_until_2012.html Dunfermline and West Fife MP Willie Rennie has expressed his concern at the news that the contract, which will see the old nuclear submarines at Rosyth removed and decommissioned, will not bear fruit until 2012 at the earliest. Mr Rennie received the news in an Adjournment Debate in the House of Commons chamber this week from the Defence Minister, Derek Twigg. 2008-06-10T14:27+01:00 http://www.dunfermlinelibdems.org.uk/news/000313/miners_deserve_better__rennie_calls_on_government_to_keep_promise.html West Fife's MP has today spoken out against the misuse of a miners' pension scheme by the Government. Willie Rennie, who represents hundreds of former miners, criticised the government for failing to share at least part of the £8billion profit it is set to make on the back of miners' pensions. 2008-05-14T14:47+01:00 http://www.dunfermlinelibdems.org.uk/news/000312/mp_praises_babcock_for_strong_year.html The owners of Rosyth Dockyard have been praised for returning a 75% increase in operating profit in the last year. Dunfermline and West Fife's MP Willie Rennie welcomed the £110m operating profit announced in the company's preliminary results. 2008-05-14T14:47+01:00 http://www.dunfermlinelibdems.org.uk/news/000311/willie_rennie_mp_pledges_support_to_asthma_uks_campaign_to_reduce_emergency_hospital_admissions_for_asthma_in_dunfermline_and_west_fife.html Local MP Willie Rennie has pledged his support for Asthma UK's Wish you were here? campaign to reduce hospital admissions in Dunfermline and West Fife and across the UK. 2008-05-14T14:46+01:00 http://www.dunfermlinelibdems.org.uk/news/000310/rennie_nominated_for_opposition_politician_of_the_year.html Dunfermline and West Fife MP Willie Rennie has been nominated as a contender for the House of Commons Magazine's Opposition Politician of the Year award along with Lib Dem Deputy Leader and Shadow Chancellor Vince Cable, Conservative Shadow Chancellor George Osbourne and Conservative Education spokesman Michael Gove. 2008-05-14T14:46+01:00 http://www.dunfermlinelibdems.org.uk/news/000309/mp_calls_for_operation_filter_for_forth_road_bridge.html A vehicle filtering system like Operation Stack for the Channel ferries is being recommended for the Forth Road Bridge by West Fife's MP. 2008-05-14T14:45+01:00