Around 3,730 unpaid carers in Renfrewshire & East Renfrewshire are set to have their Carer’s Allowance Supplement doubled by the SNP Scottish Government. The Carer’s Allowance Supplement (Scotland) Bill passed its third and final stage at Holyrood, meaning unpaid carers in Renfrewshire South and across Scotland will have their supplement Read more…
Tom Arthur, MSP for Renfrewshire South has said being under Westminster control is threatening the rights of children in Renfrewshire South and across Scotland and only independence can ensure we protect everyone in Scotland from the Tories. After a legal challenge by the Westminster Tory Government the UK Supreme Court Read more…
Tom Arthur, MSP for Renfrewshire South has welcomed £300m investment to boost Scotland’s NHS recovery from the pandemic – the biggest investment in the NHS in the history of the Scottish Parliament. The funding will help the NHS through what is predicted to be one of the toughest winters and will Read more…
MSP TOM ARTHUR CONDEMNS SCOTTISH TORIES FOR BACKING “SHAMEFUL CUTS TO UNIVERSAL CREDIT” The Scottish Parliament has voted overwhelmingly to support cancelling the Tory UK Government’s planned £20 cut to Universal Credit next month. Following the vote, Renfrewshire South MSP Tom Arthur, condemned the Scottish Tories for backing the cut Read more…
MSP TOM ARTHUR BRANDS CALLOUS POLICY “A CRIME AGAINST DECENCY” MSP Tom Arthur has blasted the Westminster Tory Government’s decision to strip 17,132 families in Renfrewshire and East Renfrewshire of the £20 Universal Credit uplift as “a crime against decency”. New research from the Scottish Parliament’s independent information service SPICe reveals 176,935 working Read more…
FAMILIES IN RENFREWSHIRE & EAST RENFREWSHIRE TO RECEIVE AN ADDITIONAL £320 SUPPORT FROM SCOTGOV Low income families in Renfrewshire and East Renfrewshire will benefit from a £320 uplift before Christmas as part of the Scottish Government’s commitment to tackling child poverty. Tom Arthur welcomed the payments which Social Justice Secretary Read more…
First grants awarded from new £50 million fund. New life will be breathed into some of Scotland’s most long standing derelict sites by the first awards from a £50 million programme. More than £5 million from the new low carbon Vacant and Derelict Land Investment Programme, which aims to drive Read more…
THE WHEELS ON THE BUS WILL KEEP GOING ROUND Local MSP Tom Arthur has welcomed the news that up to £42 million in funding will be made available by the Scottish Government to support bus operators to maintain services in Renfrewshire South. The announcement was made today by Minister for Read more…
Tom Arthur has welcomed the Scottish Government’s 2021/2022 Programme for Government as a strong plan to begin the recovery from the pandemic for Renfrewshire South. The First Minister unveiled the Government’s programme for the next year to MSPs today, saying that “a better Scotland – as part of a better Read more…
£165,240 IN SUPPORT GIVEN TO CHILDREN IN RENFREWSHIRE 930 families in East Renfrewshire have benefitted from the introduction of the Scottish Child Payment, with £165,240 paid out to families in the area. The most recent Scottish Government figures demonstrate how many families in Renfrewshire have benefitted from the support since Read more…