Tom Arthur, MSP for Renfrewshire South and Cllr Emma Rodden visited Lochwinnoch Community Larder recently to meet with Tori, Mike and the rest of the team there to see the developments at the Lochhead Garden site and hear of their plans for the future. Lochwinnoch Community Larder is a grassroots organisation Read more…
VERITY HOUSE AGREEMENT SET TO DELIVER FOR RENFREWSHIRE SOUTH Tom Arthur MSP has welcomed the signing of a landmark agreement between local and national government, which will help to empower local communities, tackle poverty, transform the economy and provide high-quality public services in Renfrewshire South. The Verity House agreement, which Read more…
Tom Arthur, SNP MSP for Renfrewshire South, has welcomed new measures from the Scottish Government to prevent litter and flytipping in the constituency, and support Scotland’s circular and zero waste economy. The new measures, which include more than doubling fines for flytipping to £500, have been brought in under a Read more…
Tom Arthur,SNP MSP for Renfrewshire South, has condemned Westminster Tories for throwing thousands of households across Scotland on the mercy of foodbanks, as new research from the Trussell Trust reveals an estimated 1.2 million people experienced food insecurity last year in Scotland. The Trussell Trust’s report, ‘Hunger in the UK’, found that Read more…
Tom Arthur, MSP for Renfrewshire South, has welcomed plans to enshrine the right to strike into the constitution of an independent Scotland, that would uphold the values of trade unionism and protect the rights of workers. The plans to include workers’ rights into the constitution of an independent Scotland were Read more…
Tom Arthur, MSP for Renfrewshire South has welcomed plans to enshrine the right to an adequate standard of living into the constitution of an independent Scotland, to ensure everyone has rights based upon human dignity. The plans to include the right to an adequate standard of living into the constitution Read more…
Tom Arthur, SNP MSP for Renfrewshire South, Local MSP has welcomed the publication of a new paper by the Scottish Government that outlines the opportunities of a written constitution for an independent Scotland. The paper is the fourth in the Scottish Government’s Building a New Scotland, which aims to inform Read more…
SUPPORTING FAMILIES IN RENFREWSHIRE SOUTH THROUGH THE COST-OF-LIVING CRISIS Tom Arthur, SNP MSP for Renfrewshire South, has welcomed new details of a major expansion of this year’s Fuel Insecurity Fund which will further support families in the constituency with their energy bills. With the fund tripling to £30 million this Read more…
TOM ARTHUR MSP WELCOMES NEWS SCOTLAND SPENDING THE MOST ON ITS PUPILS Tom Arthur, SNP MSP for Renfrewshire South, has welcomed new research that shows Scotland is spending £1,300 more per pupil than anywhere else in the UK. The research, from the Institute for Fiscal Studies, reports that spending per pupil in Scotland Read more…
SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT TAKES ACTION ON HOUSING SHORTAGE IN RENFREWSHIRE SOUTH Tom Arthur, SNP MSP for Renfrewshire South, has welcomed plans announced by First Minister Humza Yousaf to allow councils to double the council tax paid on empty and second homes, in a radical move to address the challenges around housing Read more…