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John Cooper MP has expressed concern at the length of time learner drivers are having to wait to book a driving test. In response to a series of parliamentary...

Although I was about the last MP in the country to know I’d been elected on Friday 5th July 2024 – no recount; just that the count itself was exceptionally...

Floating solar could deliver the advantages of renewable energy with less of the visual impact of wind farms. And now MP John Cooper has written to the Scottish...

Banking apps are great - but what if you don’t have a decent phone signal or broadband? In a speech to Parliament, John Cooper, MP for Dumfries and Galloway...

Lack of support has finished the plan to locate Scotland’s third National Park in Galloway, and MP John Cooper says he is pleased local opinion has been heeded...

MP John Cooper has again raised the use of the Army to put up a temporary bridge in Kirkcudbright as the town is cut in half after the Scotland Office claimed...

Failing to apologise to emergency service staff and volunteers who risked life and limb during the Glen Trool wildfire is ‘a missed opportunity” from the First...

Army engineers could throw a temporary bridge over the Dee while repairs are carried out on Kirkcudbright Bridge. MP John Cooper has suggested military help...

John Cooper – Conservative MP for Dumfries & Galloway – and Elaine Stewart – Labour MP for Ayr, Carrick, and Cumnock – wrote a joint letter to Miss Hyslop...