https://youtu.be/YIdUcFnVoFs?t=1h43m8s   On Thursday 2nd November, MSPs debated the topic of the presumption of mainstreaming in education. Mainstreaming is the statutory presumption that children with additional support needs will be educated in mainstream schools, save for exceptional circumstances. The principle of mainstreaming has underpinned the Scottish Parliament’s approach to education since the year 2000, however,... Continue Reading →

TAX MUST “PROTECT LOW EARNERS, BE PROGRESSIVE AND PROPORTIONATE” SNP MSP for Cunninghame South, Ruth Maguire, has welcomed the publication of a discussion paper on the role of income tax in Scotland and praised the Scottish Government for taking the initiative to discuss the issue in an open and honest manner. The Scottish Government’s paper... Continue Reading →

TORY GOVERNMENT POLICIES WILL SEE CHILD POVERTY RISE TO HIGHEST RECORD SINCE 1961 Tory welfare cuts will put a record 5.2 million children into poverty over the next five years, new research from the Institute for Fiscal Studies has said. The research predicts that the UK government’s damaging austerity agenda will not only undo any progress... Continue Reading →

SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT SCHEME SUPPORTS THOUSANDS OF BUSINESSES The Scottish Government’s Small Business Bonus scheme has helped to support 2,734 business in North Ayrshire this year - with the new figures proving once again the SNP Scottish Government’s commitment to local jobs and communities, SNP MSP for Cunninghame South, Ruth Maguire, has said. Across Scotland, the... Continue Reading →

SNP MSP for Cunninghame South, Ruth Maguire, has lent her support to the free movement campaign of the Musicians’ Union. Musicians are concerned that the Brexit process may lead to the introduction of individual member state work permits and/or visas for British musicians touring and working across Europe. Most professional musicians and performers rely on... Continue Reading →

SNP MSP for Cunninghame South, Ruth Maguire, has lent her support to the Member’s Bill of Green MSP, John Finnie, which will provide children equal protection from assault. The Bill proposes to remove the current defence of ‘justifiable assault’ from Scots law, thus affording children the same protection from assault currently enjoyed by adults. The... Continue Reading →

Following tireless representations by local MSP Ruth Maguire and concerned residents, a comprehensive package of proposed improvements to the A737 at Dalgarven has now been agreed by Transerv (who maintain the road on behalf of Transport Scotland) in conjunction with Police Scotland with input from North Ayrshire Council. The proposed improvements will be set out... Continue Reading →

UK GOVT MUST NOW PUBLISH OWN REPORT ON EU NO DEAL The risks of Scotland crashing out of the EU without the UK government securing a deal have been revealed in a damning report by the London School of Economics. Figures show that every single part of Scotland, and of the UK as a whole,... Continue Reading →

At the SNP’s October conference, MSP for Cunninghame South, Ruth Maguire, joined with other MSP colleagues to propose an amendment to a resolution condemning ‘sex for rent’, which would have widened it out to condemn all forms of commercial sexual exploitation. For those who may not know, sex for rent involves the exploitation of vulnerable... Continue Reading →

SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT MOVES TO STRENGTHEN LEGISLATION SNP MSP for Cunninghame South, Ruth Maguire, has welcomed the Scottish Government’s announcement of a wide consultation as it moves to strengthen the operation and enforcement of the Protection of Wild Mammals (Scotland) Act 2002 – which was intended to ban fox-hunting in Scotland. The consultation follows the publication... Continue Reading →