MSPs welcomes coalfields support

A Fife MSP is welcoming cross-party support she's receiving for a move to protect the work of the Coalfields Regeneration Trust.

Cara Hilton, the Labour member for Dunfermline, has tabled a Holyrood motion calling on the Scottish Government to continue funding for the Coalfields Regeneration Trust. She says that since 1999, the CRT has been helping communities recover from the effects of pit closures. Ms Hilton tells us she and the CRT have been working closely with the Kincardine Futures Initiative:

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