Dundee West MP Jim McGovern today praised the Maxwelltown Information Centre as it was granted nearly £280,000 by the Big Lottery Fund.

A powerful Westminster Select Committee today visited Dundee to gather further evidence for its study into poverty in Scotland. Many members of the committee were relieved to find that talk of Dundee’s demise had been much exaggerated.

Dundee West MP Jim McGovern today welcomed pledges of support for Dundee people who may need help to acquire new skills and training as a result of proposed local job losses.

Jim McGovern MP today emerged from frank and constructive discussions with University of Dundee Principal Sir Alan Langlands with significant confidence in the future prospects of the institution.

Jim has a real concern about bogus charity collection companies that put leaflets through people’s doors asking for clothes donations for Africa and then sell them on for a profit. He raised the issue twice in two weeks, first to request a debate and then to contribute in that debate: