Health services in Greater Glasgow and Clyde will receive a £76.7m boost next year, the Scottish Government unveiled in the budget. The inflation busting increase will see Greater Glasgow and Clyde funding increase 3.6% year on year. The budget saw SNP Finance Secretary Derek Mackay increase total health and care Read more…
SNP MSP TOM ARTHUR VOTES AGAINST DAMAGING BREXIT DEAL The Scottish Parliament has overwhelmingly rejected Theresa May’s false choice of a bad Brexit or No Deal. The joint motion agreed by the SNP, Labour, Greens and the Lib Dems stated that a better alternative must be found – leaving the Read more…
UK DRAFT AGREEMENT COULD COST SCOTS £1,600 PER PERSON Following the UK Government’s announcement that agreement has been reached with the EU on the terms of withdrawal, SNP MSP, Tom Arthur has written to organisations across Renfrewshire South to hold urgent discussions on the needs and concerns of businesses in Read more…
LOWER-INCOME FAMILIES IN RENFREWSHIRE SOUTH TO BENEFIT FROM EARLY PAYMENT SNP MSP Tom Arthur has welcomed the announcement that the first payments of the Best Start Grant will be delivered to families in Renfrewshire South in time for Christmas. The Best Start Grant – which provides low-income families with financial Read more…
SNP MSP Tom Arthur has slammed the UK government’s cuts to welfare, after new figures revealed that foodbank use in Renfrewshire has risen by 3% since last year. Foodbank use in Scotland has risen by 15% between April and September compared to the same period in 2017. Foodbank providers have Read more…
DFM ADDRESSES PARLIAMENT ON FUTURE OF LGBTI EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS Tom Arthur, SNP MSP for Renfrewshire South, has given his backing to proposals that will deliver a more inclusive education system by improving the experiences of LGBTI pupils. Since last year the Scottish Government have been working closely with the Read more…
With winter closing in, local MSP Tom Arthur, is urging residents to make sure their homes are ready for anything the weather might bring. Last winter, more than 154,000 homes across Scotland experienced a boiler breakdown, leaving residents unable to heat their homes. During the Beast from the East, temperatures Read more…
Tom Arthur, MSP for Renfrewshire South, has joined his Westminster colleagues in calling for Universal Credit to be halted following a debate in the House of Commons, and further calls from charities across the country that say that the system simply doesn’t work. Last week, Citizens Advice Scotland published evidence Read more…
Tom Arthur, MSP for Renfrewshire South, has praised the hard work and dedication of police officers following the announcement that all officers below the rank of Assistant Chief Constable will received an immediate 6.5% pay increase, backdated to 1st September. During First Minister’s Questions in the Scottish Parliament last week, Read more…
POSITIVE ECONOMIC GROWTH AS SCOTLAND MOVES AHEAD OF UK SNP MSP Tom Arthur has praised new figures showing that Scotland’s economy has outperformed the UK’s in the second quarter of this year. According to official figures, announced by Scotland’s Chief Statistician, the economy in Scotland grew by 0.5% Read more…