👂 Will he listen? ✂️ Will he follow the SNP’s lead and scrap the cruel two-child cap? 🥀 Or will Labour leave a generation of kids trapped in poverty?

📊 A new poll shows Scotland would choose independence if asked tomorrow. 🚨 Westminster’s chaos is pushing more people towards Yes. 📈 The momentum for a fairer, independent Scotland is growing stronger every day.

📑 Tackling the housing emergency is at the heart of the SNP government's priorities of fairness & poverty reduction. 🏘️ The measures announced in this Plan are good for vulnerable families, for first time buyers, for the economy, and Angus will feel the benefit:

📜 @johnswinney.bsky.social: “It's an essential requirement to ensure that Scotland becomes independent. I'm not interested in just arguing about independence. I want to deliver independence.” 👉 Read more: thenational.scot/news/2538191...

🎓 A record number of teens from Scotland’s most deprived areas have secured a university place. 📈 Overall university acceptances for young Scots are at an all-time high – up 4%. 💪 Free tuition, fair access, and record results. That’s the SNP delivering for young people.

💷 University tuition fees in England & Wales (as of today): £9,535 🎓 Tuition fees in Scotland: £0 ✅ That’s the difference the SNP makes.

📚 More young people from Scotland’s poorest communities are getting into University than ever before — thanks to action on widening access. 🎓 Talent, not your postcode, should shape your future — and we’re making that a reality. 👉 Read more: graemedey.info/graeme-welco...

💷 We have supported Corseford College with £1.4 million of additional funding. 💛 This will enable the college to provide 41 young people with specialist support in the coming academic year. 👉 More: graemedey.info/corseford-college-future-secured-until-2027

❌ Starmer's first year: Cuts, betrayal, silence. Scotland deserves better.

🤥 Anas Sarwar promised to "stand up to Keir Starmer". 🔍 At every turn, he falls into line behind his bosses in London. 🥀 A follower, not a leader - he just can't stand up for Scotland.

⏬ While Anas Sarwar backs Starmer's cuts to disability support, the SNP is protecting people with disabilities in Scotland. 🥀 Sarwar is too weak to stand up to his boss - even when 150,000 disabled people are about to be plunged into poverty.

🚨 A majority of Scots support independence. ✅ According to the latest Ipsos poll, 52% would vote Yes for independence. 🗳️ A better future is possible - but we have to vote for it.

🥀 After a year in office, Keir Starmer's approval is at an all-time low in Scotland. ⏬ With Labour's litany of broken promises, it's no wonder people have lost faith in the Westminster system. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴 Scotland can do better than Labour failure - with independence.

🚨 Anas Sarwar backs £5 BILLION in disability cuts - even as 1 in 3 Scottish Labour MPs rebel. 🥀 Labour’s “reform” means slashing support for disabled people who can’t work. 💛 In Scotland, the SNP are delivering social security with dignity, fairness and respect.

✅ We are acting to lift people out of poverty. 📅 From March next year, we will scrap Labour's two-child benefit cap - lifting 20,000 children out of poverty. 💛 The SNP is delivering progress for Scotland.

❌ Westminster has failed Scotland for too long. 💛 It's time to chart our own course and improve lives across our country. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 We have the resources and the talent to be a successful independent nation - so let's build a more prosperous Scotland together.

🔍 93% of Scottish school leavers went on to positive destinations in 2023/24. 📈 That's an increase on the previous year, and shows the impact of the SNP's investment in education. 👉 More: graemedey.info/rise-in-scho...

🌱 Every child deserves the chance to thrive, but Westminster’s cruel two-child cap drags families into poverty. ✅ So Scotland is stepping up - from March, the SNP Government will scrap its impact - lifting 20,000 children out of hardship. 👉 Read more: graemedey.info/scrapping-tw...

📢 Scotland leads the UK for inward investment outside London — for the 10th year running. 🌍 Despite Westminster chaos, global companies are choosing Scotland’s skills. 💛 Under the SNP, we’re delivering jobs, investment and a future built in Scotland. 👉 Read more: graemedey.info/inward-inves...

💷 Unlike in England, every Scottish pensioner will receive winter fuel support. ⏬ We are stepping up where Westminster has failed. 👉 More: graemedey.info/universal-winter-fuel-payments/

📆 A reminder of the constituency surgeries I'm holding tomorrow, Friday 13th June, in Inverarity, Westmuir and Carnoustie. See details below 👇

📆 I am holding constituency surgeries next Friday 13th June in Inverarity, Westmuir and Carnoustie. See details below👇

🌱 Angus Climate Hub will benefit from a share of £6m Scottish Government funding. ♻️ The national network of Hubs supports locally-specific climate action, from flood mitigation to energy generation and food growing. Great projects are supported across Angus. graemedey.info/funding-for-...

💷 Around 90,000 carers are set to receive Carer’s Allowance Supplement in June – an additional twice yearly payment only available in Scotland. 🫂 It recognises the important contribution of unpaid carers. No need to apply - payment is automatic to all eligible. graemedey.info/summer-payme...

🔍 Your @theSNP Government is spending over £1.1 million in Angus to mitigate bad Labour policies. 💷 Across Scotland that figure is over £90 million to combat policies like the Bedroom Tax. 👉 More: graemedey.info/90m-spent-mi...

🔍 New figures show that the Scottish Child Payment is keeping over 6,500 children out of poverty here in Angus. 📉 While Westminster makes decisions which drive up poverty, under the SNP child poverty is falling in Scotland.

📆 A reminder of the constituency surgeries I'm holding tomorrow, Monday 26th May, in Arbroath, Northmuir and Newtyle. See details below 👇

📆 I am holding constituency surgeries next Monday 26th May in Arbroath, Northmuir and Newtyle. See details below👇

👇 Keir Starmer is throwing himself down the right-wing immigration rabbit hole. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland needs inward migration for our economy, to enrich our society and to staff our public services. ‼ Labour's lurch to the right will be damaging for jobs and growth.

❗ As the Welsh First Minister sets out to separate Welsh Labour from the UK Labour Government, Scottish Labour refuses to stand up for Scotland. 🥀 As Keir Starmer's government break promise after promise, Anas Sarwar says nothing. graemedey.info/sarwar-silen...

📢 This week the First Minister set out the 25/26 Programme for Government. 📑 This includes delivery of 100,000 more GP appointments, & a package of cost-of-living initiatives - with a 'best in UK' guarantee including abolition of peak rail fares. Read more👇 graemedey.info/building-the...

🚨 The SNP candidates for #SP2026 are officially announced! 💛 A brilliant, diverse team ready to deliver for Scotland under John Swinney’s leadership. 🗳️ A vote for SNP is a vote for a fairer, stronger Scotland. 👉 snp.org/snp-announce...

🌍 Our #ProgrammeForGovernment will support our transition to net-zero. 🏘️ We will invest hundreds of millions in offshore wind, securing jobs and green growth for our communities.

💷 Our #ProgrammeForGovernment will support Scotland's economy. 📈 We will spend £321 million to support Scottish enterprise, promoting new tech and securing growth.

🏡 Our #ProgrammeForGovernment will invest in affordable homes. 🏗️ We will spend £200 million more, delivering at least 8.000 extra homes this year.

🧸 Our #ProgrammeForGovernment will invest in the future of Scottish education ❌ We will spend more than £4.3 billion on Scotland's education sector this year.

🧸 Our #ProgrammeForGovernment will further our objective to eradicate child poverty in Scotland. ❌ We will mitigate Labour's two-child benefit cap, lifting 15,000 children out of poverty this year.

🚆 Our #ProgrammeForGovernment will support rail services and commuters. 🎫 We will scrap peak rail fares on ScotRail services for good from 1st September.

🧑‍⚕️Our #ProgrammeForGovernment will drive down waits in the NHS. 🩺 We will focus funding to support primary care, tackling the 8am lottery and enabling more people to access GP appointments.

🚨 Today, First Minister John Swinney MSP sets out his Programme for Government for the next year. 💛 This will be a year of delivery for Scotland - improving public services, investing to promote growth, building more homes and lifting children out of poverty.

📆 A reminder of the constituency surgeries I'm holding tomorrow, Monday 5th May, in Carmyllie and Letham. See details below 👇

📆 I am holding constituency surgeries next Monday 5th May in Carmyllie and Letham. See details below👇

🤝 This week civic, faith, trade union & political leaders committed to act to safeguard Scotland’s democracy & tackle feelings of being unheard & disempowered. 🚫 The threat from far right extremism is very real & must be seriously addressed. graemedey.info/commitment-t...

📃 Pressure is growing on the UK Government to scrap the 2 child cap, as anti-poverty charities write to the PM demanding action. 📈 If the cap remains in place, this will be the 1st Labour government to leave office with higher child poverty than when they took power graemedey.info/scrap-the-cap/

🥀 By blocking devolution of migration while imposing a hard Brexit, Labour has broken a promise to voters & is damaging our economy & public services. 🚫 They've stopped the SNP Bill from even being considered despite telling voters they were open to a Scottish visa graemedey.info/labour-mps-b...

🗳️ Angus MP Stephen Gethins’ Devolution (Immigration) (Scotland) Bill will be voted upon today. ❗ Labour must not break yet another commitment - they must do the right thing and back a Scottish Visa. graemedey.info/sarwar-must-...

🐰 Wishing all constituents and friends further afield a happy and peaceful Easter.

📆 A reminder of the constituency surgeries I'm holding tomorrow, Monday 21st April, in Friockheim, Monikie and Auchterhouse. See details below👇

‼ The Child Poverty Action Group estimates that scrapping the two-child cap will lift 15,000 bairns out of poverty in Scotland. 💛 The Scottish National Party Government is scrapping it - with the plan to be implemented by April next year. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 We're taking Scotland forward.

I know assisted dying is a subject many feel deeply about on both sides. I intend to support the new Bill in principle at Stage One, but whether it retains my support will depend on provision of safeguards against coercion - both of the patient & of clinicians: graemedey.info/graemes-colu...