John Mason, SNP MP for Glasgow East, has tabled an early day motion in the House of Commons calling on the EU to stub out its tobacco subsidy.

The continuing subsidy by the European Union of tobacco cultivation is costing taxpayers £260 million a year. Consequentially, the SNP Euro-MP Alyn Smith has written to the EU Commissioner-Designate for Health, John Dalli, and EU Commissioner-Designate for Budget and Financial Programming, Janusz Lewandowski, calling for their support to end the payments, and has also launched a petition on his website which calls for an end to the subsidy.

Freedom of Information request reveals that Scottish Secretary sat on his hands over SLC job losses

After the shocking revelations that Labour’s Scottish supremo did nothing to keep Student Loans Company (SLC) jobs in Glasgow, local MP John Mason has slammed Labour’s inaction on this vital issue.

SNP MP for Glasgow East John Mason will tonight (Tuesday) say that it's time to ditch politicians and start voting for local champions in a broadcast on Channel 4.

In tonight's Political Slot, Mr Mason will stress the importance of elected representatives being at the heart of their local communities and say that politicians have served their own interests for too long.

The SNP MP for Glasgow East, John Mason, has today slammed the Labour Party, following the City Council’s announcement of further planned school closures.

The SNP MP is particularly concerned because St Mark’s Primary, one of the schools that would face the axe under Labour’s latest plan, serves the communities of Shettleston and Tollcross in the city’s East End.