Cllr Simita Kumar
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@theSNP Group Leader and Cllr Southside/Newington @Edinburgh_CC 🚋| RT/L/F≠E |🇫🇯🏴🇪🇺🇵🇸
Edinburgh, Scotland
Joined March 2020
Southside / Newington residents can contact me directly at: Cllr.Simita.Kumar@edinburgh.gov.uk Messages promoted by Cllr. Simita Kumar, 16 North St Andrew St, Edinburgh EH2 1HJ
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✅ Stirling Council has agreed a new administration with Councillor Susan McGill appointed as new Council Leader. Cllr Jim Thomson will take up the role Depute Leader while Cllr Rosemary Fraser becomes Stirling’s new Lord Provost. The new administration was agreed at a special
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🚨 Labour are threatening to cut Scotland's budget. 💬@ShonaRobison: "I can't believe a UK Labour government would want to actively cut Scotland's funding by £1 billion. "Labour would pay a very high price for that in Scotland." 🏴 Scotland must not be short-changed by Labour
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🚨The SNP have seized control of Stirling Council, ousting Scottish Labour from power in the city
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The Real Living Wage has delivered a pay boost to 72,000 Scottish workers. I visited Capital City Partnership to mark a record 4,000 Real Living Wage employers in Scotland - proportionately that’s around 5 times more than the rest of the UK.
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Public Health Minister @jenni_minto launched the new £4.8 million @scotgov Digital Diabetes Prevention Programme. It is expected to prevent up to 4,000 people from developing type 2 diabetes. Learn how prevention is transforming public health https://t.co/euGP5VmGLz
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🚨 Labour are plotting to cut Scotland's budget. 🥀 If the Chancellor breaks Labour's election promise and hikes income tax, Scotland will lose £1 billion. ⚠️ This could have a massive impact on the NHS and Councils in Scotland. 🏴 Scotland must not be short-changed by Labour.
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Delighted with another @theSNP by-election win for Anne Marie Caldwell in Buckhaven, Methil and Wemyss villages in Fife. An outstanding, energetic local campaign. Warmest congratulations Anne Marie and her team.
Congratulations Anne Marie 🎉 Our new SNP Councillor for Buckhaven, Methil and Wemyss Villages 🏴
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Commonly known as a “baby box,” the concept originated a century ago in Finland, where it’s now a universal program. Scotland +Chile also provide them to every new family. There are 91+ programs around the world + our federal government recently concluded a successful pilot.
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SNP COUNCILLORS SAVE VITAL HOSPITAL SOCIAL WORK TEAM https://t.co/xmL9CkbL6l?
theedinburghreporter.co.uk
A ‘lifesaving’ social work team at the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People (RHCYP) has been retained after Edinburgh councillors reversed a decision to scrap it. Council officers had told...
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UK tax hike would have 'massive' impact on Scotland - Robison
bbc.co.uk
The finance secretary says an increase in income tax south of the border could lead to a £1bn shortfall at Holyrood.
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An encouraging new study by Public Health Scotland, in collaboration with the @EdinburghUni and @UniStrathclyde, confirms the HPV vaccine provides strong and sustained protection against cervical disease that can develop into cancer. @IntJCanc Read more⬇️ https://t.co/JidGojAKSr
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Wales to increase student tuition fee cap in line with England in 2026-27. The increase will be the third year in a row that the LABOUR Welsh government has increased the tuition fee cap. The cap in Wales increased to £9,535, in line with England. https://t.co/1qSTlNUp3A
researchprofessionalnews.com
But minister warns “period of financial pressure on the sector in Wales is not over”
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53 MILLION FREE BUS JOURNEYS MADE BY YOUNG PEOPLE FROM EDINBURGH! The scheme continues to help eradicate child poverty, tackle climate change and grow the economy by making it easier for young people to travel for education, employment and leisure activities. 🚍
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Congratulations Josh 🎉 Our new SNP Councillor for Stirling East 🏴
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NEW: A UK minister has been humiliated in a bombshell report over false claims he made about water pollution in Scotland
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Beat Reform Sack Starmer Secure Independence What’s not to like?
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The number of GPs by headcount in Scotland has increased in the last 10 years - from 4,393 in 2015 to 4,582 in 2025. Scotland has more GP's per head of population than other parts of the UK. GPs, nurses and more - provide 720,000 appointments a week in Scotland.
GP surgeries to get £531m for recruitment over three years
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Across every level of government, Labour has betrayed its social conscience. It’s no wonder Labour have drifted behind Farage’s far-right outfit. The SNP is the only party to fight for progressive outward vision for Scotland. #voteSNP
edinburghnews.scotsman.com
Polling ahead of the next Scottish Parliament election suggests that the race is increasingly a showdown between the Scottish National Party and Reform UK.
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🇬🇧In 2010 the four UK nations put in about the same amount per head to cover NHS dental care. ✂️The picture today is the result of a decade of savage cuts at Westminster. 🏴Patients in England deserve better. ✍️Sign here if you agree👉 https://t.co/NHAvjywuex
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