Community groups in Renfrewshire South are being urged to apply for a new £11.5m fund which aims to tackle disadvantage, poverty and inequality. Local SNP MSP Tom Arthur is encouraging eligible groups to apply for the new Investing in Communities Fund recently announced by the Scottish Government. It encourages community-led Read more…
Local SNP MSP Tom Arthur has highlighted the importance of supporting instrumental music tuition, arguing the case for free tuition for young people in Scotland’s schools. During a debate held by Holyrood’s Education and Skills Committee, the Renfrewshire South MSP highlighted the role learning a musical instrument can play for Read more…
UNIVERSAL CREDIT ‘KEY DRIVER’ OF INCREASING NEED FOR FOOD PARCELS The number of emergency parcels handed out by food banks in Scotland rose by nearly a quarter over the last year, according to the UK’s largest food bank provider. The Trussell Trust said its food banks provided more than 210,000 Read more…
VOTE SNP TO ‘MAKE SCOTLAND’S VOICE IN EUROPE HEARD’ The SNP has urged people in Renfrewshire South to register to vote by 7 May for the upcoming European Parliament elections, warning it’s the only way to ensure Scotland’s voice is heard in Europe. Research published today revealed that 600,000 Scots Read more…
APPLICATIONS FOR NEW SCOTGOV BENEFIT OPEN THIS WEEK 360 families in Renfrewshire and 90 families in East Renfrewshire received a payment of £600 on the birth of a first child, and £300 on the birth of any siblings, thanks to the Scottish Government’s Best Start Grant scheme. Since opening for Read more…
CURRENT STANCE COULD CAUSE CRISIS FOR PUBLIC SERVICES IN RENFREWSHIRE SOUTH Scotland’s population now sits at a record high, but population growth has slowed for the second year running. Tom Arthur MSP has highlighted concerns surrounding the reduced rate of population growth in Scotland, backing the Scottish Government’s warning that Read more…
Tom Arthur MSP has welcomed First Minister Nicola Sturgeon’s statement outlining the steps the Scottish Government will take to progress the debate on Scotland’s future in light of Brexit. The statement, delivered on Wednesday 24 April, also included the action that will be taken to protect the option for an Read more…
This Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Awareness Week (22-28 April), MS Society Scotland were in the Scottish Parliament to raise awareness of the important role research plays in the lives of people affected by MS. MS affects more than 11,000 people in Scotland and can cause problems with how we walk, move, Read more…
SNP MSP Tom Arthur has called on Labour MSPs to get behind the full devolution of rail services to Scotland, after a former Labour transport minister urged that the Scottish Parliament be given full responsibility over Network Rail. Tom Harris, a senior adviser to the Rail Review, said that all Read more…
Following a cross-party debate demanding the UK government end the pension injustice for thousands of women across Scotland, local SNP MSP Tom Arthur met with Women Against State Pension Inequality (WASPI) at a Holyrood event. The 1995 Conservative Government’s State Pensions Act increased the state pension age for women from Read more…