Setback for RBS firms as key MPs lose seats

KAREN PEATTIE

the Treasury Select Committee as the only Scottish member.

“It is imperative that this momentum is not lost,” said Ms MacLean. “With pending discussions over Brexit and the uncertainty about the hung parliament, it will take time for the APPG to get going again.

“While the APPG is a cross-party group it has been strongly supported by a number of MPs who have now lost their seats.”

RBS, which says it has completed an internal review of more than 4,600 customer files to establish whether they were charged complex fees while in GRG, has also confirmed that it has written to 3,263 of those customers, including 1,558 due refunds totalling £30 million.

MBM Veritas will hold an event for affected businesses on June 21 in the Corinthian Club, Glasgow from 4.30-6.30pm. STRAYING or unaccompanied dogs are responsible for 40 per cent of dog attacks on sheep, according to a National Sheep Association survey of affected farmers.

The results, garnered from sheep farmers across the UK, show no let-up in the problem with marauding canines in livestock fields, where a spate of incidents has damaged not only sheep welfare, but also rural livelihoods, with several lamb crops devastated shortly after birth.

A big part of the problem, according to 72 per cent of respondents, is that dog owners firmly believe their pet isn’t the kind that will do any damage to livestock. However, a further 62 per cent of the farmers surveyed reckoned a plain old lack of concern from pet owners played a big part too.

NSA chief executive Phil Stocker said: “Domestic dogs attacking sheep is sadly an ongoing crime without an easy solution, but to keep talking about it and gathering evidence at every opportunity goes a long way in continuing to highlight the problem.

“It is vital for dog owners to realise that any dog, no matter how well trained, is capable of attacking livestock and the effects stretch far further than the obvious injuries.”

In reported cases of dog attacks, 63 per cent and 67per cent respectively resulted in death or injury, but nearly half the farmers also noted abortion in pregnant ewes. A further