HEALTH chiefs in Lothian have thrown their weight behind moves to ditch prescription charges.
NHS Lothian has written to the Scottish Parliament's health committee saying it supports the Bill being promoted by Scottish Socialist leader and Lothians MSP Colin Fox to abolish the £6.40 charge.
Edinburgh Evening NewsPOLITICIANS at Holyrood are being urged to give their backing to cleaners set to go on strike at Westminster.
Scottish Socialist MSP Rose Kane has tabled a motion in the Scottish Parliament offering "wholehearted support" for the staff employed at the Houses of Parliament who are to stage a 24-hour stoppage tomorrow over pay and conditions.
Edinburgh Evening NewsPublic gatherings also took place at Glasgow's George Square and on The Mound in Edinburgh. Before a gathering of nearly 200 people in Glasgow, Osama Saeed, an MAB Scottish spokesman, accused Mr Blair of attempting to shift blame for the attacks onto the Muslim community.
Rosie Kane, the Scottish Socialist Glasgow MSP, and Robina Qureshi, director of Positive Action in Housing, were among the other speakers.
They were joined by Maxine Gentle, the teenage sister of Gordon, the British soldier killed in Basra last year, and the Rev John Mann, who spoke at his funeral, in blaming Mr Blair and the war on Iraq for the London bombings.
Ms Kane said it was vital that communities stood shoulder to shoulder to oppose any Islamophobia triggered by the attacks.
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