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Oct 30, 2024 | 
alloaadvertiser.com | Keith Brown
LAST week I met with Chief Superintendent, Roddy Irvine, who is the area police commander for Forth Valley. I took the opportunity to raise a number of issues with him which have been raised with my office over recent months – including police resourcing for Clackmannanshire, increased incidents of anti-social behaviour in Alloa town centre and cases of dangerous and illegal parking. I was pleased to receive a firm commitment from CS Irvine to addressing these issues.
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Apr 12, 2024 | 
alloaadvertiser.com | Keith Brown
2 1/1 Next month will mark 25 years since the Scottish Parliament was reconvened. The Parliament came at the end of a century long debate on what type of self-government was best for Scotland and was backed by 75 per cent of Scots – two facts so conveniently forgotten by today's UK Government.
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Mar 15, 2024 | 
alloaadvertiser.com | Keith Brown
Money makes the world go round. So goes the song and it is, to a great extent, true. Almost everything we do is determined by the supply of money. That has been particularly in evidence in the last few weeks with Budgets abounding in local Councils, in Westminster and in the Scottish Parliament. I am pleased that the Scottish Government has been able to provide local government the funding to underwrite a freezing of the Council Tax.
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Nov 1, 2023 | 
alloaadvertiser.com | Keith Brown
At the end of September, I was pleased to be in attendance as the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 5th Battalion marched through Alloa to mark Armed Forces Day. The regiment was bestowed the freedom of Clackmannanshire by the then Provost Derek Stewart in 2006 and it was great to see them exercise that freedom. It was also great to catch up with Derek as he was granted the freedom of the County in recognition of his lengthy public service in Clackmannanshire.
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Sep 27, 2023 | 
alloaadvertiser.com | Keith Brown
LAST month, I was able to help Robert Thomson, a former postmaster in my constituency, highlight the plight of hundreds like him across the UK, wrongly convicted of theft, fraud, and false accounting – all because of a faulty Post Office software program called Horizon. Innocent people lost their jobs, their livelihoods, and their reputations despite having done nothing wrong.
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Aug 30, 2023 | 
alloaadvertiser.com | Keith Brown
SEPTEMBER sees the end of the Scottish Parliament's summer recess and a return to parliamentary business. One of the first acts of the new parliamentary year is the Programme for Government, where the Scottish Government sets out what actions they plan to take over the next year. While thinking about this year's Programme for Government, I can't help but reflect on previous years' and what's been achieved by the SNP government since 2007.
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Aug 29, 2023 | 
mdpi.com | Zhongjie Huang |Le Li |Keith Brown |Taishan Yin
1. IntroductionElastomeric microstructure arrays, consisting of matrices of regularly arranged microstructures made from elastomeric materials, have garnered increasing interest in various domains, including flexible electronics [1,2], sensing [3,4,5,6], soft lithography [7,8], biomimetic surfaces [9,10,11,12,13], soft actuators, and robotics [14,15,16].
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Aug 1, 2023 | 
alloaadvertiser.com | Keith Brown
AS THE summer recess continues, I've been getting out and about across the constituency. Over the last few weeks, I've held street surgeries in Fishcross, Menstrie, Bridge of Allan and Kinbuck – meeting with constituents on their own doorsteps to hear about the things that are important to them. The role of an MSP isn't just about listening to constituents' concerns. It's about acting on these concerns and making sure they are relayed to the relevant people.
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Jul 5, 2023 | 
alloaadvertiser.com | Keith Brown
I would like to thank everyone who gives up their time to organise the many local community events held across Clackmannanshire and without whom they just simply would not be possible. I'll also be carrying out street surgeries across the Clackmannanshire, Bridge of Allan, Dunblane which gives constituents the chance to meet me on their own doorstep, and talk to me about issues of concern to them. This is such an important part of the job of an MSP – and one that I really enjoy.
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Jun 7, 2023 | 
alloaadvertiser.com | Keith Brown
Volunteers Week in Scotland is a special time to celebrate and appreciate the invaluable contributions made by volunteers across the country. This year it ran from 1 – 7th June, with the theme of “Celebrate and Inspire” and has been a chance to acknowledge the selfless dedication of volunteers and their positive impact on communities, providing a great opportunity to express gratitude and recognize the incredible work they do.
