Member of Scottish Parliament for Edinburgh and Lothian East
EDINBURGH SCOTLAND
Joined May 2012
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Irshad Ahmed MSP retweeted
The Labour budget asks the biggest banks to pay their fair share to help people with energy bills.
The SNP should use that money to guarantee £350 of support for the poorest Scots.
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This Remembrance Sunday, we honour all those who have served our country and kept us safe, and all those who have made heroic sacrifices in the pursuit of peace.
We will remember them.
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The SNP rushed through their bus order scheme to announce it before the election campaign, realised they had bungled it, and then cancelled the furlough offer to workers the day before Scotland went to the polls.
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For too long Scotland has had an industrial policy which exports jobs.
Scottish Labour will back Scottish industry, back Scottish jobs and grow our economy.
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John Swinney can’t name a single power that he proposes to devolve to the regions of Scotland, so let me help him:
➡️ Hand over powers on skills
➡️ Devolve power over transport
➡️ Deliver power over economic development
Irshad Ahmed MSP retweeted
🆕🌹Because of Labour’s decisions to invest in public services since the election in 2024, we have provided over £18 billion in additional funding for the Scottish Government to spend on Scottish public services.
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🆕🌹 £18 million funding for a UK Advanced Chip Design Academy led by the University of Edinburgh.
Thank you for a very warm welcome from Tranent Parish Church, and a belter of a day, with stop offs at some of these community hotspots :
East Lothian Food Bank
Community Church Hall
The Fraser Centre
The Library
and of course the Parish Church.
Irshad Ahmed MSP retweeted
Andy Burnham is putting problem solving over point scoring.
That's what the people of Scotland deserve. That's what everyone across our United Kingdom deserves.
Irshad Ahmed MSP retweeted
"My message to John is simple, I want to push economic power out into the regions of Scotland, do you?"
Andy Burnham challenges Scotland's First Minister John Swinney to "push power" out from Westminster and Holyrood "into the hands of local people"
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Irshad Ahmed MSP retweeted
CARDROSS ONLY SCOTTISH FINALIST
Cardross won the regional vote and is now the ONLY Scottish station through to the final 5 🚂
Vote below for Cardross in the World Cup of Stations!
Irshad Ahmed MSP retweeted
10,000 kids have nowhere to call home. 1 in 5 are growing up in poverty.
Politicians owe it to those kids to build a fairer nation.
Irshad Ahmed MSP retweeted
Glasgow is being short-changed. The SNP must answer for years of underfunding and the pressure on our vital services.
Glasgow Labour will keep fighting for a fair funding deal, competent leadership and a council that puts our city’s people first.
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More than 10,000 kids have nowhere to call home and experts are saying we will miss child poverty targets by a mile.
I want urgent cross party talks to get things back on track.
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2 years, 4 months and 23 days ago this parliament voted to declare a housing emergency.
Scottish Parliament has the power to half homelessness, so what are we waiting for?
Irshad Ahmed MSP retweeted
From today VAT has been cut from your electricity bill💡⚡️
A UK Labour government delivering for Scotland.
Irshad Ahmed MSP retweeted
From the conference hall to your local community - let’s keep the momentum going.
Watch our new party political broadcast and join us campaigning this weekend. Every conversation counts.
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A stronger Scotland for all of us.
Watch the Scotland Report at @UKLabour conference live on YouTube from 2pm today!