SNP-LED SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT SUPPORTING PEOPLE THROUGH COST OF LIVING CRISIS New figures released by the Scottish Government have shown that in Renfrewshire, 16,370 households were supported through the council tax reduction scheme in December 2023. The council tax reduction scheme, which the SNP introduced in 2013, has saved Scottish households Read more…
SNP-LED SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT SUPPORTING PEOPLE THROUGH COST OF LIVING CRISIS New figures released by the Scottish Government have shown that in East Renfrewshire, 4,470 households were supported through the council tax reduction scheme in December 2023. The council tax reduction scheme, which the SNP introduced in 2013, has saved Scottish Read more…
Tom Arthur, SNP MSP for Renfrewshire South, visited Include Me 2 Club’s Community Hub at Barrhead’s Cowan Park recently to meet with Club co-founder Paul McIlvenny. As a long-time supporter of the charity, Tom was keen to catch up with Paul and see how the amenities onsite had grown and Read more…
Tom Arthur, SNP MSP for Renfrewshire South, has welcomed the latest round of Scottish Government support for those impacted by crime, after the latest round of funding saw a total of £405,451 awarded to eight organisations which provide support to victims. This is the fourth round of payments made from Read more…
Tom Arthur, SNP MSP for Renfrewshire South, recently arranged a meeting with Strathclyde Passenger Transport Chief Exec Valerie Davidson at the organisation’s head office in Glasgow. Tom is regularly contacted by constituents regarding public transport issues, and most notably of late about local bus services. Tom was keen to take Read more…
VULNERABLE HOUSEHOLDS GUARANTEED SUPPORT DURING COLDER MONTHS Tom Arthur, SNP MSP for Renfrewshire South, has highlighted the commencing of this year’s Winter Heating Payments to eligible households in the constituency as Scotland’s better alternative to the DWP’s Cold Weather Payment, which is only paid when temperatures are sufficiently low over Read more…
Tom Arthur MSP has welcomed yesterday’s Scottish Budget, which delivers an inflation-busting increase in NHS funding in Renfrewshire South and fully funds the council tax freeze by increasing funding for Renfrewshire & East Renfrewshire by 5%. In Holyrood the Cabinet Secretary for Finance Shona Robison set out the Scottish Government’s Read more…
Tom Arthur, SNP MSP for Renfrewshire South, today visited St Anthony’s Primary School in Johnstone to congratulate the winner of his Christmas card design competition, Rosie Lingard. Rosie’s wonderful design was one of dozens of entries submitted by primary school children across the constituency and this year’s theme was ‘Hope’. Read more…
TOM ARTHUR MSP WELCOMES ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE FIRST MINISTER’S READ WRITE COUNT PROGRAMME The First Minister’s Read Write Count programme is helping to improve literacy and “encourage a new generation of readers” in Renfrewshire South, Tom Arthur MSP has said, as new figures reveal that 4,435 pupils in Primary 2 Read more…
TOM ARTHUR MSP WELCOMES ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE FIRST MINISTER’S READ WRITE COUNT PROGRAMME The First Minister’s Read Write Count programme is helping to improve literacy and “encourage a new generation of readers” in Renfrewshire South, Tom Arthur MSP has said, as new figures reveal that 2,641 pupils in Primary 2 Read more…