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Thank you to everyone who voted to re-elect me as your MP for the Scottish Borders.

Former Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson appealed to Borders residents to re-elect John Lamont this week during a visit to Hawick.

I have officially launched my campaign to beat the SNP and be re-elected as MP for Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk.

The General Election in the Borders is about beating the SNP so we can get all of the focus onto creating good jobs, reducing NHS waiting lists, fixing the roads, investing in schools and improving public services.

Humza Yousaf has departed as First Minister after a Scottish Conservative vote of no confidence forced him to resign.

By John Lamont MP; Scotland's NHS has been under severe strain for some time.

I have launched Volunteer of the Year awards for 2024 to celebrate “unsung heroes” across the Borders.

I am pleased we have been able to secure a new free-to-use cash point in Duns and I want to thank the team at the local Post Office for introducing it.

Over 2,500 people have signed up to my campaign to save the community hospitals in Duns, Hawick, Kelso and Peebles.

I have started a campaign to stop community hospital closures across the Scottish Borders.

The SNP have been accused of leaving 20,000 visitors to the Borders "in the dark" after Visit Scotland announced they would close the Jedburgh tourist information office.

There was a "worrying drop" in the percentage of Borders patients starting cancer treatment within the target time in the last quarter, new statistics from Public Health Scotland show.

I joined in the fun at Eyemouth's Easter Bike Bash over the weekend.

This week, the Hate Crime Act will officially come into force for people in the Borders and across Scotland.

SNP agency Visit Scotland announced on Wednesday they would close all 25 visitor information centres across Scotland, including the Jedburgh location.

I have recently been overwhelmed by the number of local people who are extremely concerned at the state of roads across the Scottish Borders.

I have recently been overwhelmed by the number of local people who are extremely concerned at the state of roads across the Scottish Borders.

Borders businesses won big in the 2024 Scottish Countryside Alliance awards, dubbed the ‘rural Oscars’ by organisers.

In my book, the Borders is already the best place in the country to live and work.

I recently hosted farmers from the Scottish Borders at an event in Downing Street to honour people 'backing Scottish and British food and drink'.

I was delighted to recently welcome the UK Minister of State for Veterans' Affairs to the Borders to meet with former Armed Forces personnel.

The Scottish Conservatives have defeated the SNP in the Jedburgh and St Boswells by-election.

I have launched my Boost the Borders plan to focus attention on the things that really matter to local people.

By John Lamont MP; GP surgeries are the frontline of our NHS.

There should be no greater priorities for Scotland's politicians than supporting our NHS and investing in a brighter future for the next generation.

Rachael Hamilton MSP and I have written to the First Minister over the NHS Borders financial crisis.

I recently revealed more details of new food labelling plans that would give consumers more information about produce and help Borders farmers during a speech to the National Farmers Union of Scotland (NFUS).

Representatives of the title-winning Hawick Rugby Club team were recently honoured at a prestigious Downing Street ceremony.

Reports have revealed "significant and radical decisions" will be made about local healthcare services in the coming months as a result of the perilous financial situation at the local health board.

On Friday, the Borders College Principal and CEO, Pete Smith, said the current Scottish Government budget "will have a significant negative impact on learners, businesses and the government’s own ambitions to grow the Scottish economy and…