First Minister writes to Defence Secretary
27 October 2010
First Minister Alex Salmond has written to Defence Secretary Liam Fox setting out the strongly held concerns regarding the RAF bases in Moray, and the wider impact of the UK Government's Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR) on Scotland's defence footprint.
The full text from the letter can be read in our media centre here.
Latest action
01 July 2011
Next Task Force meeting»23 June 2011
HIE speed networking event»09 June 2011
Event - International Business Development »07 June 2011
Event - How to get to £5m in 5 years»16 May 2011
Community rising to the challenge»14 May 2011
Life in Operations»08 May 2011
Your invitation to a unique celebration»20 April 2011
PM visits Task Force in Inverness»15 April 2011
Moray Task Force met to share latest activities. »14 April 2011
Sandy Park, Convener of Highland Council, visited RAF Lossiemouth. »10 March 2011
Make it Moray brings energy to the region»04 March 2011
Next task force meeting»03 March 2011
Scotland Office visit»02 March 2011
Lossiemouth Squadron to be Disbanded»19 February 2011
Moray people celebrate RAF homecoming»18 February 2011
Work Club launch»17 February 2011
Shadow Scottish Secretary comes to Moray.»16 February 2011
Enterprise Minister Jim Mather returns to Moray »14 February 2011
Children of Moray show their support»11 February 2011
Next task force meeting»02 February 2011
Work club set up»28 January 2011
Moray Chamer of Commerce event»28 January 2011
Next meeting of task force»27 January 2011
Armed Forces Minister coming to Moray»12 January 2011
The Northern Scot People's Petition is handed in to Downing Street.»11 January 2011
Battle bus goes to London»10 January 2011
Enterprise Minister Jim Mather comes to Moray »17 December 2010
What's next?»17 December 2010
MoD, Treasury and task force meeting. »10 December 2010
BBC's Big Debate - CANCELLED due to adverse weather conditions. »08 December 2010
First Minister explores Scottish Government support for Moray»07 December 2010
HIE conducting survey of creative industries in Moray»06 December 2010
Follow up on public agency stakeholders meeting »06 December 2010
Business event»03 December 2010
Moray task force launches survey to gauge impact of defence cuts on local businesses»25 November 2010
Task force meet MoD and Treasury officials »17 November 2010
Task force meet with wider community»15 November 2010
Task force meet Scottish Government representatives»12 November 2010
Next task force meeting to plan long term strategy »10 November 2010
Meeting being arranged with Liam Fox MP in London»08 November 2010
Thousands march to save RAF Lossiemouth »07 November 2010
First Minister and other Party leaders to attend rally»07 November 2010
Turnout at Lossiemouth rally 'a strong message to the MoD'»05 November 2010
Moray campaigners take 'compelling case' for RAF Lossiemouth to Westminster»05 November 2010
Partnership action agreed to mitigate Moray economic blow»04 November 2010
Community leaders to meet with the task force »03 November 2010
Private members' debate in the Scottish Parliament»02 November 2010
New business line has been set up for companies planning for the future»29 October 2010
Sub-group established to support task force develop submission to MoD»28 October 2010
Local activation of PACE»28 October 2010
John Swinney makes emergency parliamentary statement»27 October 2010
First Minister writes to Defence Secretary»27 October 2010
Northern Scot launches a campaign to collate signatures »21 October 2010
The Moray task force meet the First Minister »20 October 2010
The Moray task force is set up»