Ian Murray MP

Scottish Labour MP for Edinburgh South and Minister of State @SciTechGovUK & @DCMS

[Andy Burnham @andyburnham]

An update on the Jackdaw gas field.

[Michael Marra MSP @michaeljmarra]

Education transformed my family’s story.

Scotland's education system was once among the best in the world, and I believe it can be again. That’s what we should be aiming for.

[Scottish Labour @ScottishLabour]

All young people deserve support to reach their potential, whatever their background.

At FARE-Scotland in Easterhouse, local people worked with employers to build tailored routes into work. It worked.

Devolve power out from Westminster and Holyrood to local leaders who know their communities best.👇

[The Labour Party @UKLabour]

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.

[Ian Murray MP @IanMurrayMP]

Well done Michael.

[Michael Marra MSP @michaeljmarra]

I said I would make the case for further devolution within Scotland directly to Downing Street and Bute House.

I’m delighted Andy is backing this approach, and I hope John Swinney does too. Let’s work together to put power in the hands of local people.

[Ian Murray MP @IanMurrayMP]

The SNP centralise so they can control. They starve councils of money so they can control.
They block regional partnerships so they can control.
Let’s stop this nonsense and unleash the potential of our Scottish regions by empowering them.
We do that by working together.

[BBC Politics @BBCPolitics]

"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"

https://t.co/pNhxtLCOaQ

[Melanie Ward MP @melanie_ward]

I spoke to @bbc5live about the speech that Andy Burnham will be making in Lanarkshire today.

He’ll invite John Swinney and the Scottish Government to work with us to push power out of Holyrood and Westminster, and closer to people. We can work together on a new shared mission.

[Michael Marra MSP @michaeljmarra]

If Scotland’s regions had grown at Manchester’s pace over the past decade, our economy would be £30bn larger.

We need to put power over skills and growth into the hands of local communities.

Read more: https://t.co/Ph74GJspWX

[Ian Murray MP @IanMurrayMP]

The SNP Scottish Government continues to short change local councils and local services. Edinburgh is hit particularly hard.

@DJforEdS

https://t.co/Wk6N62jkip

[John Healey @JohnHealey_MP]

These GDP figures are welcome news.

Despite conflicts in the Middle East and Europe hitting people across the world, today’s figures offer more proof of Britain’s resilience in the face of these global shocks.

[Michael Marra MSP @michaeljmarra]

Let’s give local people the tools to shape their own future.

[Torsten Bell @TorstenBell]

Second, something way too often missed by commentators: the UK is doing more than anyone else in G7 to strengthen our public finances. We are delivering the fastest fiscal consolidation in the G7 and forecast to have the smallest deficit in 2031

[Torsten Bell @TorstenBell]

New IMF forecasts tell you 2 things about UK economy. Firstly, the British economy has proved resilient in face of the Iran conflict: IMF have UK growth as joint second fastest in G7 this year (forget forecasts, in hard data we’ve seen the fastest growth in G7 so far this year)

[Andy Burnham @andyburnham]

Yesterday, Holborn and St Pancras voted for hope.

Congratulations @Sagal_AW and the whole team on a fantastic campaign. Looking forward to working together!

[Ian Murray MP @IanMurrayMP]

Congratulations to our newest Labour MP.

A lovely lovely person who will light up Parliament.

👏👏👏

[Sagal Abdi-Wali MP @Sagal_AW]

Thank you ❤️

[Sam Taylor @staylorish]

Devastating analysis of John Swinney’s pension lies from David Phillips of the IFS. By rights, Swinney should be finished. But this is Scotland, so he’ll be absolutely fine.

[Ian Murray MP @IanMurrayMP]

Resolving our manifesto commitment to touring artists in the EU would be hugely beneficial to the UK and our EU partners.

https://t.co/V3lTzIHM8Y

[Conor Matchett @conor_matchett]

EXCLUSIVE: John Swinney’s ‘misleading’ pension claims DEBUNKED as expert tears apart bogus SNP case

Institute for Fiscal Studies' David Phillips says the FM is misleading Scots and 'wrong' on pensions

It's a damning indictment of this sorry saga.

https://t.co/jF6JQfcChM

[Ian Murray MP @IanMurrayMP]

Scottish social care is on its knees. What the SNP are effectively saying is that the extra money they’ll receive as a result of this will not be spent on social care. A system that pensioners rely on.
They’ve no interest in solutions just manufactured grievance and lies..

[The SNP @theSNP]

Andy Burnham's latest plan? Bring in Free Personal Care in England, and make all UK pensioners pay for it - even though Scots already have Free Personal Care.

https://t.co/1SCljOCw3X

[Ian Murray MP @IanMurrayMP]

The Scottish government & First Minister authoring a post truth politics to create division.

The only conclusion possible is that the FMs new political strategy is to promote himself as a liar, a deceiver and someone unwilling to work with others for the good of the country

[Chris Musson @ChrisMusson]

Here's the Scottish Government response to Labour writing to them and saying John Swinney's claims - including his claim that people will lose their pensions - are inaccurate. The response avoids specifics but doubles down.

Post-truth politics, paid for by taxpayers.