News | Graeme Downie MP

West Fife Villages to be revitalised with £20 million investment

by Graeme Downie | 12 December 2025 | News | 0 Comments

Dunfermline and Dollar MP Graeme Downie has welcomed today’s UK Government announcement that West Fife Villages (Oakley Comrie and Blairhall, Valleyfield Culross and Torryburn, Kincardine, Saline and Gowkhall) have been awarded up to £20 million in UK Government...

Graeme Downie MP celebrates deepening of Babcock-HII strategic partnership

by Graeme Downie | 9 December 2025 | News | 0 Comments

Commenting on today's announcement that Babcock and HII have signed a contract deepening their strategic relationship in support of the Virginia-class submarine construction programme, Graeme Downie MP said: “Today's news that HII are choosing to deepen their...

Graeme Downie MP comments on today’s UK Budget

by Graeme Downie | 26 November 2025 | News | 0 Comments

Labour budget tackles cost of living in Dunfermline and Dollar Dunfermline and Dollar Member of Parliament welcomes UK Labour Budget. Energy bills cut by £150 from April 2026 and fuel duty frozen for the year. UK Government Budget commits to raising the National...

Asylum and Returns Policy

by Graeme Downie | 26 November 2025 | Blog, News | 0 Comments

The Home Secretary recently outlined her plans for reform of Britain’s asylum and returns policy. This is a very serious topic that I know a lot of constituents are concerned about, so I wanted to set out my views having read the documents and spoken to some of the...

Graeme welcomes UK-Indonesia deal that secures 1000 Scottish jobs

by Graeme Downie | 23 November 2025 | News | 0 Comments

The MP for Dunfermline & Dollar has welcomed a new £4bn deal between the UK and Indonesian governments that will secure high value engineering jobs at the dockyard at Rosyth, using skilled Fife workers to solve the global problem of food security. Graeme Downie,...

Progress being made on Rosyth Ferry says MP after UK Minister meeting

by Graeme Downie | 10 October 2025 | News | 0 Comments

The MP for Dunfermline has said he believes progress is being made on securing infrastructure funding that will allow the return of a Passenger and Freight ferry service from Rosyth to mainland Europe, bringing thousands of visitors to Scotland and increasing trade...

Pride in Place community survey

by Graeme Downie | 2 October 2025 | News | 0 Comments

I am delighted to share some fantastic news for our community here in Fife. After years of being overlooked, the Labour government has listened - and delivered. Working alongside my colleagues Melanie Ward MP and Richard Baker MP, I have secured £40 million of...

Could you be my new Communications officer?

by Graeme Downie | 2 September 2025 | News | 0 Comments

VACANCY – COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER I am looking for a communications officer to join my busy team, working across both digital and traditional platforms to grow my reach and impact in the constituency. JOB DETAILS Location: Dunfermline office, with semi-regular travel...

Could you be my new Parliamentary Assistant

by Graeme Downie | 12 August 2025 | News | 0 Comments

VACANCY - PARLIAMENTARY ASSISTANT My parliamentary assistant is returning to university and moving to a new role in my constituency office, which has created a vacancy for my office in Westminster. JOB DETAILS I am looking for a dynamic, proactive self-starter to take...

Dunfermline and Dollar MP secures commitment on severe conditions criteria for those with Parkinson’s

by Graeme Downie | 9 July 2025 | News | 0 Comments

Dunfermline and Dollar MP Graeme Downie sought to amend the Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill with cross party support of 63 MPs. The amendment was not selected to be voted on but Downie intervened to challenge the DWP’s Minister Sir Stephen...

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