NEED FOR FULL POWERS AT HOLYROOD TO TACKLE POVERTY “HEAD-ON” The Scottish Welfare Fund made 2,265 payments to people in Renfrewshire in the last financial year, new figures show an increase of 6% compared to the same period last year. A total of 2,265 Community Care Grants and Crisis Grants Read more…
CAP FUNDING RETURNED AFTER YEARS OF UK GOVERNMENT DELAY Farmers across Renfrewshire and East Renfrewshire will benefit from the first instalment of convergence funding – addressing an “historic injustice” which the SNP government has long campaigned for. The funding is the first tranche of an £160 million package the UK Read more…
FRASER OF ALLANDER WARN JOHNSON’S DEAL WILL BRING “CONSIDERABLE” CHALLENGES Brexit has already cost the Scottish economy £3 billion, according to new analysis by the Fraser of Allander Institute. The research institute also warned that Boris Johnson’s proposed deal is “one of the ‘hardest’ forms of Brexit” and would mean Read more…
Renfrewshire South MSP Tom Arthur has exposed the potential dangers facing Scottish businesses in in light of Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal. On Monday 21 October, the Scottish Parliament’s Finance and Constitution Committee, of which Mr Arthur is a member, took evidence from Michael Gove MP on Brexit. Tom Arthur MSP Read more…
Renfrewshire South MSP Tom Arthur held an event as part of Macmillan’s World’s Biggest Coffee Morning in his Johnstone constituency office this Friday afternoon (18 October), with visitors helping raise over £86.70. The sum will help the charity continue to fund life-changing tailored support and services for those affected by Read more…
DEAL WORSE FOR LOCAL JOBS THAN THERESA MAY’S Boris Johnson’s proposed new Brexit deal would leave Scotland unique among the four UK nations in being completely ignored, SNP MSP Tom Arthur has said. While England and Wales both voted to leave the EU, and would do so under the deal, Read more…
Tom Arthur MSP is backing a charity’s service urging people to get their hearing checked and start benefiting from using hearing aids and assistive equipment. The MSP found out about Action on Hearing Loss Scotland’s Hear to Inform and Connect service, funded by the National Lottery Community Fund, which wants Read more…
The SNP are working to tackle inequality across Renfrewshire and East Renfrewshire and “lift people out of poverty” with new commitments to expand childcare into primary school and scrap social care charges. As announced by Nicola Sturgeon at the SNP conference this week, the SNP will scrap all non-residential social Read more…
SKY HIGH TARIFFS ON SCOTTISH PRODUCE WILL DEVASTATE LOCAL ECONOMY SNP MSP for Renfrewshire South has said that farmers across Renfrewshire and East Renfrewshire will feel “betrayed” by the Tory Government’s latest plans for a No Deal Brexit. The UK government has this week announced plans to remove import tariffs Read more…
Renfrewshire South MSP Tom Arthur has shown his support for Challenge Poverty Week both in his constituency and at the Scottish Parliament; highlighting the importance of uniting to break the grip of poverty. The Scotland-wide campaign, running from 7-13 October, is designed to show that poverty exists in Scotland and Read more…