It was fantastic to host a pop-up surgery at Rugby Park last weekend. This has been a few years in the making but due to the pandemic have been unable to find the right time.
The foodbank collection was a major success, so a massive well done to Killie Foodbanks and the Killie Trust for their work on this.
I must have been a good luck charm with Killie picking up our first league win of the season - I’ll be available every home game if they need me!
It was a pleasure to visit Port of Nigg on 19th August 2022 and see the amazing work ongoing - traditional oil and gas but massive expansion into offshore renewables.
Exciting proposals for the biggest fabrication factory in Europe deserves full support.
The photos don't do justice to the scale of the structures.
Stewarton Annick:
“It was fantastic to be able to welcome Alan Brown MP along to our Stewarton Annick Girls FC training session last night (11th August). A great opportunity to discuss challenges in Stewarton related to sustaining, and growing further, girls and boys participation in football in the Bonnet Toun.”
On 10th August 2022, I held my first street surgery since the start of the pandemic.
I was joined by local councillors - Graham Barton, Elaine Cowan, David Richardson, Neal Ingram and Stephen Canning. My staff members Margaret, Caroline and Isaac were also in attendance.
It was great to be out and about in Southcraigs and what a day we had for it. Thank you to everyone who took the time to speak with us and raise important issues. As a team, we managed to chap more than 300 doors and we have taken on a number of enquiries as a result.
If you would like to make a surgery appointment or raise an issue, please don’t hesitate to contact my office at alan.brown.mp@parliament.uk or by phone on 01563 501412
The Book Nook:
“It was a great pleasure to welcome Alan Brown MP to The Book Nook yesterday. Alan is also excited that a business in his constituency won the Favourite Family Business UK Award - he even got a hold of the trophy!
“We had a great book chat and Alan was very interested to hear of all the wider offerings of The Book Nook - the author events, Junior Book Nook Club, BookNookers book club, children's workshops, competitions and all the other book related fun we have.
“Thanks for your visit Alan and look forward to seeing you again soon.”
Also commenting, Mr Brown said:
“It was a pleasure to stop by and I ended up purchasing four new books!
“What a fantastic set-up, please get down and have a look around.
“I look forward to visiting again soon, thanks for having me.”
Next week (Wednesday 10th August) Alan Brown MP will be hosting a Street Surgery in Southcraigs in Kilmarnock.
The representative for Kilmarnock and Loudoun will be joined by local councillors Elaine Cowan and David Richardson, who are elected in Kilmarnock North, as well as his office staff.
The MP aims to hit more than 300 doors in his first in-person Street Surgery since covid.
The elected members and staff will be chapping constituent's doors in; Auchentiber Place, Boydston Way, Burns Crescent, Burns Way, Dalgarven Mews, Darvel Avenue, Fenwick Close, Galston Place, Hollybush Place, Lugar Wynd, Mauchline Court, Newmilns Garden, Priestland Close, Stewarton Crescent, Tarbolton Place, Wallacetown Avenue and Westfield Road.
Residents of these streets will have received a letter from the office of Alan Brown notifying them of his presence in the area on Wednesday afternoon.
Commenting, the MP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun said:
“I am really looking forward to getting out and chapping doors again. Of course, in the lead-up to the local council elections, I was out campaigning and door knocking but before the pandemic Street Surgeries were becoming a regular feature in my constituency engagement.
“Teaming up with the councillors will be a welcome addition too as their expertise will be useful for any local government and council matters.
"Last year, in the middle of the pandemic, I had a Virtual Street Surgery for residents in Stewarton but nothing compares to the real thing.
“This will actually be my first in Kilmarnock as before I was targeting some of the outlying areas of the constituency. Street Surgeries are a great way of engaging with constituents and I am trying to get away from the stigma that politicians only chap doors at election time.
“I am well aware that some residents will be at work or not at home, therefore, we will be posting leaflets with my contact information and details of my next surgery.
“This is important as it shows my constituents I am always accessible and they can get in touch at any time for assistance.”
Alan Brown MP has said the Tory government has allowed the cost of living crisis to spiral ‘out of control’ as new forecasts show energy bills are set to triple - with the average energy bill likely to rise to £500 for January 2023 alone.
The forecast, by utilities consultants BFY, also predicts that the price cap could rise to £3,850 by the end of the year - far exceeding what has previously been predicted. That’s nearly 4x the cost compared to July 2021.
MP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun and SNP’s Shadow Energy Minister, Alan Brown has criticised the governing Tory party for prioritising ‘pathetic’ internal squabbles over the real issues of the day, and called for ‘real action’ and a swift package of support to help households cope with rising bills and inflation.
The predictions come after leading anti-poverty organisation, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, said in a recent report that the Cost of Living Support package announced in May 2022 will provide some temporary relief, but for many, the one-off payments will barely touch the sides.
Commenting, Alan Brown MP said:
“The Tory-made cost of living crisis is now completely out of control, with forecasts showing annual bills could come in at just under £4,000 in a mere matter of months.
“This spells a very grim winter for tens of millions of households across the UK, and with no help in sight there’s no telling how high bills will go and how much misery people will be forced to endure.
“How many more people must be forced to choose between heating or eating before the Tories wake up to the brutal reality of life in Conservative Britain and take action?
“But of course they’re too busy prioritising their own pathetic internal squabbles to pay any heed to the suffering their rule has enforced on the country.
“Lame leadership pledges of green levy and VAT cuts won’t make a jot of difference, nor will tax cuts designed to help the richest. We know this also means a doubling down on the ideology-driven austerity agenda that helped get us into this mess in the first place.
“What’s needed is real action and a swift package of support for households struggling with out of control bills and rising inflation, but there’s a fat chance of it happening under Westminster control.
“Boris Johnson wasn’t up to the task, his two potential successors aren’t either, especially given one of them spent months as Chancellor refusing to offer real support to struggling households and failed to get a grip on rising inflation.
“The Westminster system is clearly broken beyond repair. No amount of tinkering around the edges or a changing of the guard will usher in action to actually help the most vulnerable, all the more reason Scotland needs independence so we can chart our own course and put the cost of living crisis front and centre.
“Thankfully Scots will have the opportunity to free themselves from the grasp of undemocratic and unconcerned Tory rule forever by voting Yes to independence on October 19 2023.”
I was honoured to attend Rugby Park as Kilmarnock Football Club opened its gates to 25 Ukrainian young people.
Massive well done to Jordan Allison and everyone else at the club for organising. I am happy to engage with some fantastic projects Kilmarnock Community Sports Trust have in store and help in any way I can - exciting times ahead!
It was a joy to see all the young people kitted out in Killie kits - the blue and yellow, of course, symbolic with the global language of football in full force!
Hope to see them all at a game soon.
Was pleased to visit the PRA Group at HALO #RockMe.
It's great that one of the town's biggest employers will be based at this fantastic facility. Additionally, the fact they have signed a 15-year lease shows their commitment.
This low carbon site will lead the way as Scotland looks forward to net-zero.
Big thanks to Bill and Tim for their time on Friday 22nd July.
Enjoyed being at Sainsbury's in Stewarton earlier for my Supermarket Surgery.
Great to catch up with John (pictured), as well as other constituents, and pick up some casework.
Now that I'm on recess I look forward to being out and about in the constituency over the next few weeks.
The Public Accounts Committee say the UK Gov has £4bn worth of substandard PPE in storage. While Tory cronies were prioritised, front-line workers' lives were put at risk as a result.
I asked how much of the £4bn will be recovered and what action is being taken against these 'suppliers'?
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