NHS STAFF AT RECORD LEVELS WITH 9.7% INCREASE LAST YEAR SNP MSP Tom Arthur has heralded the record health funding allocated to NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde for the coming year and has said it demonstrates how only the SNP can be trusted to protect Scotland’s NHS. The local health Read more…
Official figures reveal that council taxpayers in Renfrewshire pay on average £611 a year less than they would in Tory-run England and £422 less than in Labour-run Wales. Across Scotland, council tax payers get the best deal in Britain. The figures also demonstrate that the savings for Scottish council tax Read more…
Official figures reveal that council taxpayers in East Renfrewshire pay on average £631 a year less than they would in Tory-run England and £442 less than in Labour-run Wales. Across Scotland, council tax payers get the best deal in Britain. The figures also demonstrate that the savings for Scottish council Read more…
Tom Arthur, MSP for Renfrewshire South visited Active Communities’ latest project Station Seven last week and met with Susan McDonald to see the facility, housed in the former Police Station at Quarry Street, Johnstone and hear how their plans are shaping up. Originally set-up as a charitable organisation to support physical activity and Read more…
SCOTTISH CHILD PAYMENT INCREASE AND PARENT EMPLOYMENT PACKAGE Tom Arthur, SNP MSP for Renfrewshire South has welcomed the package of measures announced today by the Scottish Government to provide immediate support and break the cycle of child poverty for people across East Renfrewshire. Shona Robison, the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Housing and Local Government, Read more…
As warnings about the Tory cost of living crisis continue to grow, Tom Arthur, SNP MSP for Renfrewshire South has issued a fresh call for the UK government not to increase national insurance. The MSP for Renfrewshire South has said that ‘the Tories have a moral duty to urgently step in as household incomes are on course Read more…
HOUSEHOLDS IN EAST RENFREWSHIRE TO BE SHORT-CHANGED BY £5,096,487 East Renfrewshire is set to be short-changed by nearly £5.1 million due to Tory smoke and mirrors over support for those struggling with the cost of living, equating to £128.74 per household in the area. Tory Chancellor revealed he would be Read more…
HOUSEHOLDS IN RENFREWSHIRE TO BE SHORT-CHANGED BY £9,517,581 Renfrewshire is set to be short-changed by £9.5 million due to Tory smoke and mirrors over support for those struggling with the cost of living, equating to £109.10 per household in the area. Tory Chancellor revealed he would be providing Scotland with Read more…
Tom Arthur, SNP MSP for Renfrewshire South has welcomed statistics out today which show that approximately 1,130 children in East Renfrewshire are in receipt of the Scottish Government’s Scottish Child Payment, set to double to £20 per child per week in April. The payment was introduced in 2021 to support low-income families with Read more…
Tom Arthur, SNP MSP for Renfrewshire South has welcomed statistics out today which show that approximately 3,910 children in Renfrewshire are in receipt of the Scottish Government’s Scottish Child Payment, set to double to £20 per child per week in April. The payment was introduced in 2021 to support low-income families with children Read more…