Tom Arthur, SNP MSP for Renfrewshire South has welcomed the recent announcement of funding awards for local organisations from The National Lottery Community Funds. Three groups within the Constituency have benefitted from National Lottery backing to the tune of nearly £161,000. The bulk of this funding has been granted to Read more…
£542,958 has been spent this year in East Renfrewshire mitigating cruel Tory cuts including the disgraceful bedroom tax. In 2021/22 £542,958 was provided by the SNP Scottish Government in Discretionary Housing Payments to protect families from cuts, with £426,738 spent mitigating the impact of the cruel Tory bedroom tax in East Read more…
£2,761,790 has been spent this year in Renfrewshire mitigating cruel Tory cuts including the disgraceful bedroom tax. In 2021/22 £2,761,790 was provided by the SNP Scottish Government in Discretionary Housing Payments to protect families from cuts, with £2,488,652 spent mitigating the impact of the cruel Tory bedroom tax in Renfrewshire. Across Read more…
Tom Arthur, SNP MSP for Renfrewshire South met with Neil Wood, Founder and Director of The Folks’ Music Project last week to discuss the project’s plans and some of the challenges currently faced by community music programmes. The organisation provides affordable, accessible and good quality music tuition and activities using Read more…
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…