Next Thursday 2 April, the City of Edinburgh council Transport and Environment Committee will decide whether to address safety issues at this junction. Over 100 residents have shared their views on the dangers. We hope CEC will follow through! #roadsafety #merchiston #bruntsfield

Fixing the roads and pavements in Edinburgh South West: scottarthurmp.wordpress.com/2026/03/29/f...

Next week, @stephenjenkinson.bsky.social will table a plan to have Riccarton Mains Road Roundabout resurfaced. Many thanks to everyone who got in touch about this!

Thank you @drscottarthurmp.bsky.social for meeting WCRF yesterday. It was great to discuss the positive actions taking place to improve cancer prevention and survivorship, including his Rare Cancers Act and the National Cancer Plan. Together we will be focusing on swift and robust implementation.

Working cross‑party with colleagues from Labour, the Liberal Democrats, and the Conservatives on the Transport Select Committee, we’ve tabled an amendment to the Railways Bill to strengthen passenger representation. More>>

Best seat on the bus!

It was great to be able to welcome something new to Edinburgh South West yesterday - I opened the new Chickoop at 214 Dalry Road. They specialise in a blend Indian, British and Arabic flavours all in one meal! It is worth try!

@edinreporter.bsky.social @edinburghlive.co.uk @edinburghminute.com

We've been hit by 4 serious knife attacks in Edinburgh South West over the past 22 days. We can look at these as isolated moments, or we can face the uncomfortable possibility that they form part of a wider, more systemic pattern. My blog on the issue: scottarthurmp.wordpress.com/2026/03/23/w...

Julie Ann/Maryanne from Communitywellbeingcollective bringing seed sowing, music, art, facepainting. Good to have @drscottarthurmp.bsky.social & Cllr Fiona Glasgow along to join in. We are lucky to have great volunteers like Ricky, Taff, Max, Darren, Dawn & support from many to make it happen.

It was great to be able to welcome something new to Edinburgh South West yesterday - I opened the new Chickoop at 214 Dalry Road. They specialise in a blend Indian, British and Arabic flavours all in one meal! It is worth try!

People are right to be concerned about this planning proposal - installing a 544-bed hostel on Atholl Crescent could cause irreparable damage. See: www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/edinbur...

Best seat on the bus!

I don't get called Prof often these days!

A visit from our own Prof. Scott Arthur MP. @drscottarthurmp.bsky.social Thanks to Scott for visiting and for highlighting our cause with his Early Day Motion. A doubler #profsOnPickets #politiciansOnPickets #ucu

Day 3 of striking Thank you to all members who came along and to whose who struck from home (they also strike who simply do no work) Thank you to visitors: @drscottarthurmp.bsky.social @katenevens.bsky.social Unite, other branches, dogs, dinos and ❤️students❤️ for bringing joy & Solidarity🔥

Thursday morning when you've been out all night with your pals.

It was great to bump into the Crisis team when I visited the Scottish Parliament today - they want the next Scottish Government to make homelessness a greater priority.

Today, after campaigning by the Co-operative Party and the credit union sector, the Government has announced new measures that will unleash the potential of credit unions in the UK.   Watch @lucyrigby.bsky.social explain why this is an important day for our movement.

Final Reminder! I'm holding my online constituency roundtable @ 7pm tonight to discuss social media use for under-16s. We will be joined by experts from the NSPCC, Lucy Faithful Foundation, Health Professionals for Safer Schools and Smartphone Free Childhood. Sign up: forms.office.com/e/0n8RMV7nVM

Travelodge pulls out of planned meeting with MPs who wanted to raise issues of room security with chain Comes after woman was sexually assaulted by a man given a key card to her room by staff @mattbishopmp.bsky.social tells me it “undermines confidence in [Travelodge’s] commitment to safeguarding"

I have submitted an Early Day Motion to Parliament on the UCU industrial action at Heriot-Watt University, and other institutions in Scotland. The underfunding of the sector can't continue. Details- edm.parliament.uk/early-day-mo...

🚲 It was great chat with Harry from Voi yesterday about their bike hire scheme in Edinburgh. It’s already been used over 310,000 times, a huge sign of how much demand there is for affordable, sustainable travel. I pushed the case for expanding the scheme further into Edinburgh South West.

This is an account of what I was up to in Parliament this week: scottarthurmp.wordpress.com/2026/03/13/m...

This coming Friday I am hosting a job fair with the Department for Work & Pensions (DWP). 📅 Friday, 20 March 🕛 11 .m.-2 p.m. ⛪ Gorgie Dalry Stenhouse Church (190-92 Gorgie Road, EH11 2NX) 💚 FREE More info & sign up can be found online: www.eventbrite.com/e/job-fair-s...

This week the Sarcoma UK policy team joined a reception at Westminster to mark the passing of the Rare Cancers Bill. Surrounded by charities who supported @drscottarthurmp.bsky.social, it was a moment to reflect on the work behind this milestone. 💙

Yesterday I saw the 1,273,812th @bromptonbicycle.bsky.social getting made in London. Brompton are a quintessentially British company, which make an iconic product. I expected to see a manufacturing plant, but it is actually a giant workshop where each bike is unique, and is made with love and care.

Business Secretary Peter Kyle: "The UK-EU collaboration is vital for growth and for security. "46% of the UK's total trade is, after all, with the EU." 🇪🇺

I'm visiting Brompton today. @spokes.org.uk

Sarcoma UK have been a big part of why this happened.

Planning applications have been submitted for "Arts and culture advertising structures" at a number of locations in Edinburgh South West: 26/00754/ADV 26/00785/ADV 26/00790/ADV 26/00762/ADV Details on my FB: www.facebook.com/DrScottArthu... @livingstreetsedi.bsky.social

drscottarthurmp.bsky.social (Edinburgh South West) is hosting a #JobFair with the Department for Work & Pensions (DWP). 📅 Friday, 20 March 🕛 11 .m.-2 p.m. ⛪ Gorgie Dalry Stenhouse Church (190-92 Gorgie Road, EH11 2NX) 💚 FREE Access more information and sign up online: buff.ly/V2L0jX6

Iran’s culture runs deep: poetry, art, music, family, and community. If you want to learn more, a free event is planned for the 19th of March: www.citizenticket.com/events/piano... @edinburghminute.com @edinreporter.bsky.social

Amazing seeing this - collaboration and perseverance delivers results!

💜 International Women’s Day Today we celebrate the women in our communities and the work still needed to achieve equality. #IWD2026 #InternationalWomensDay #Edinburgh

Women and girls walk more than men and boys at all ages. If we want to improve gender equality in travel, the best way is to spend more on pedestrians. bit.ly/4cuYRwl #InternationalWomensDay

Spot on from Abena. Endo, adenomyosis and fibroids impact all women but for women of colour their pain is dismissed to an even greater extent. The @commonswec.parliament.uk did a report on medical misogyny and while somethings have improved, this has sadly not. www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

I am really proud of the work my good friend Dr Scott Arthur MP and his team have done with this bill. A very worthwhile endeavour and a law that will change and save lives. 👏 braintumourresearch.org/blogs/latest...

Historic moment for rare cancers!🎉 The Rare Cancers Bill, championed by Dr Scott Arthur MP, has passed its third reading in the House of Lords and will now proceed to Royal Assent - becoming law. 💛 https://bit.ly/4qZ90oA

Great to welcome Dr Scott Arthur MP to one of our sessions at Clovenstone Primary in Edinburgh this morning. Scott joined Money Ready team Gemma and Paul to see a financial education workshop in action - thank you for spending the morning with us and to Clovenstone for being so accommodating!

Scott Arthur MP's Private Members Bill - supported by many of our member charities, has officially become law! The Rare Cancers Act 2026 will prioritise long overlooked aspects of research, and has the potential to transform outcomes for those affected by rare and less common cancers.

It's great to see Edinburgh South West women helping to run an International Women’s Day stall on the Royal Mile today. 👍

My new surgery system worked well today - we were able to help people in 3 great Edinburgh South West libraries - Sighthill (Gate 55), Colinton and Currie (thanks for the flowers). I ended the day with some great conversations with people in Chesser ASDA!

Moving at Pace - The UK Government has began the implementation of my Rare Cancers Act.

We are delighted that @drscottarthurmp.bsky.social ky.social's Rare Cancers Bill has received Royal Assent! The Rare Cancers Act will support increased research and investment into rare cancers, which have long been underfunded. Congratulations to everyone involved who helped make this possible!

Thanks to @leukaemiauk.bsky.social for helping to make it happen!

We've done it, The King gave my Rare Cancers Bill Royal assent today. It is now the Rare Cancers Act! I can think of no better way of marking Brain Tumour Awareness Month!

I had the perfect end to my day yesterday - I attended Balerno and District Schools Pipe Band's "Showcase". We were treated to fantastic music, singing and poetry - we even heard the pipe version of Bohemian Rhapsody! I was great to be in the audience with so many proud mums, dads & grandparents!

Love seeing this. Lots of great school farmers at Sighthill Primary School that Shona has done a great job of nurturing at her sessions there. ❤️

I was out in the Calders today helping the "Sustainability Superheroes" from Sighthill Primary School plant some apple and pear trees for the community - the first of many I hope! The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is today!