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Kirsten Oswald

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Gender Female
Age 51
Date of birth December 21,1972
Zodiac sign Sagittarius
Born Dundee
United Kingdom
ParentsHelen Oswald
Party Scottish National Party
Job Politician
Education University of Glasgow
Carnoustie High School
Official site parliament.uk
SpousDavinder Bedi
Position Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom
Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom since 2019
Leader Ian Blackford
Stephen Flynn
Date of Reg.
Date of Upd.
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Kirsten Oswald Life story


Kirsten Frances Oswald is a Scottish National Party politician first elected as the Member of the UK Parliament for East Renfrewshire in 2015; she was unseated at the 2017 snap election but subsequently re-elected at the 2019 election. She served as the deputy leader of the SNP parliamentary party from 2020 to 2022.

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... SNP business convener Kirsten Oswald MP welcomed his appointment...

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May 25,2023 1:50 pm

... " Labour s shadow environment minister Alex Sobel said the government was " too weak to deliver its own legislation and it is animals who will suffer" while the SNP s Kirsten Oswald accused the government of " shilly-shallying"...

SNP to announce new leader within six weeks

SNP to announce new leader within six weeks
Feb 17,2023 10:51 am

... " SNP MP Kirsten Oswald has described the timetable for electing a new leader as " sensible"...

Blackford denies being pushed out by SNP MPs

Blackford denies being pushed out by SNP MPs
Dec 4,2022 7:00 am

... On Friday Kirsten Oswald confirmed she would step down as SNP Westminster deputy leader...

Tory MP Esther McVey says she won't back tax rises unless HS2 is axed

Tory MP Esther McVey says she won't back tax rises unless HS2 is axed
Nov 16,2022 9:51 am

... Mr Raab rejected calls by the SNP s deputy Westminster leader Kirsten Oswald to apologise to families for the " financial crisis" caused by the mini-budget and the " worst inflation in 42 years"...

George Eustice advises shoppers to buy value brands

George Eustice advises shoppers to buy value brands
May 4,2022 5:40 pm

... " The SNP s Westminster deputy leader Kirsten Oswald said: " The remarks from a senior Tory government minister that families struggling with the Tory-made cost-of-living crisis should buy value brand products are utterly patronising and insulting...

Covid-19: No 10 says garden photo shows work meeting

Covid-19: No 10 says garden photo shows work meeting
Dec 20,2021 5:15 am

... SNP deputy Westminster leader Kirsten Oswald called for a " judge-led inquiry" to determine what happened...

Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross in job 'sleaze' row

Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross in job 'sleaze' row
Nov 13,2021 3:21 am

... Blow the whistle on sleaze SNP Westminster Deputy Leader Kirsten Oswald MP said: " Triple-jobbing Douglas Ross is knee-deep in the Tory sleaze scandal...

Tory MP Esther McVey says she won't back tax rises unless HS2 is axed

Feb 16,2020 8:40 am

Former cabinet minister Esther Mcvey has fired a Warning Shot at the government over plans to increase taxes in Thursday's Autumn Statement.

The Tory MP told Deputy PM Dominic Raab putting taxes up was the " last thing" a Tory government should be doing.

And She Said she would not support such a move while money was being spent on " unnecessary vanity project" HS2.

Mr Raab defended the government's plans as he stood in for Rishi Sunak at Prime Minister 's Questions.

He told Ms McVey he understood her opposition to the HS2 High Speed Rail Link , but urged her to wait for Chancellor Jeremy Hunt 's statement on Thursday.

Mr Hunt is widely expected to announce £20bn in tax increases and £35bn in spending cuts, in a near Total reversal of the measures set out in Liz Truss 's mini-budget in September.

Mr Raab rejected calls by the SNP's deputy Westminster leader Kirsten Oswald to apologise to families for the " financial crisis" caused by the mini-budget and the " worst inflation in 42 years".

Labour's deputy leader Angela Rayner attacked Mr Raab over the UK's sluggish Economic Growth and repeated her party's call to scrap " non dom" tax status for wealthy individuals.

She accused the government of choosing to " protect corporate profits and not household income".

Mr Raab said the economic challenges facing the UK were " global" and caused by Covid and The War in Ukraine, adding: " We've got a plan to grip inflation, balance The Books and drive Economic Growth .

" If we listened to (Ms Rayner), debt would go up, unemployment will go up and working Britons would pay The Price . "

Mr Hunt's plans to increase taxes are likely to run into opposition from Conservative MPs who supported Ms Truss's tax-cutting Agenda - and there is also speculation he will curb spending on big infrastructure projects.

Ms McVey, who represents Tatton in Cheshire and is a longstanding opponent of HS2, said: " Given that we have the highest burden of taxation in living memory, it is clear that the government's financial difficulties are caused by overspending and not due to under taxing.

" Does The Deputy Prime Minister therefore agree if the government has got enough money to proceed with HS2 at any cost, then it has sufficient money not to increase taxes?

" If however, it has so little money it has to increase taxes, which is a last thing for a Conservative government to do, then it doesn't have sufficient money for HS2? "

Earlier This Week , right-leaning Think Tank Policy Exchange released where main construction has Not Yet started to be scrapped.

The Report , by Boris Johnson 's former transport adviser Andrew Gilligan , claimed such a move would save around £3bn a year by 2027/8, and £44bn or more in Total - and that it would be welcomed by The Public .



Source of news: bbc.com

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