SNP MSP for Cunninghame South, Ruth Maguire, has praised hard-working NHS staff after hospitals in NHS Ayrshire & Arran outperformed both the 4-hour A&E waiting time target and the national average. Across Scotland, more than 95% of patients in core accident and emergency departments were seen, admitted or discharged within four hours, according to most... Continue Reading →

SNP MSP for Cunningham South, Ruth Maguire, has called on secondary schools from across Cunninghame South to register to attend an event designed to empower a new generation of young women. Several inspirational and successful female leaders will address S5 girls from all over Scotland at a free one-day conference in Edinburgh on Friday 22nd September.... Continue Reading →

The Scottish Government has marked Carers Week 2017 with a new campaign between the Scottish Government and Young Scot to raise young people’s awareness of what support they could be entitled to. The social media and digital campaign will aim to reach carers aged 16-24 who may be entitled to Carer’s Allowance but are not... Continue Reading →

On Tuesday 13th June, MSPs debated Scotland’s first Trafficking and Exploitation Strategy - published by the Scottish Government last month. The publication of the strategy fulfils a requirement of the Human Trafficking and Exploitation (Scotland) Act, which was passed by the Scottish Parliament in 2015. The Act also introduced a single offence for all kinds... Continue Reading →

On Tuesday 13th June, SNP MSP for Cunninghame South, Ruth Maguire, welcomed visitors from Georgia Credit Union Affiliates in the USA to the Scottish Parliament. Ruth, who is the convenor of Holyrood’s Cross Party Group on Credit Unions, chaired an event entitled “What can we learn from credit union partners in the USA?” – where... Continue Reading →

SNP MSP for Cunninghame South, has welcomed the announcement of a further £1.75 billion Scottish Government investment in affordable housing across Scotland, which includes over £44 million investment in North Ayrshire. Councils and house-builders across Scotland’s 32 local authorities will have the opportunity to plan ahead with grant subsidies guaranteed, for the first time, for... Continue Reading →

The first social security payments to be delivered by the Scottish Government have been outlined to parliament by Social Security Secretary Angela Constance. The next milestone in building Scotland’s new social security system will be the delivery of the first benefits – which will be the increased Carer’s Allowance, the Best Start Grant and the... Continue Reading →

Women’s organisations Engender, Scottish Women's Aid, and Rape Crisis Scotland have sent a joint letter to Damian Hinds, Minister of State for the Department of Work and Pensions in the UK Tory Government, seeking urgent clarification on a number of unanswered questions about the operation of the ‘rape clause’ - or ‘non-consensual conception’ exemption to the... Continue Reading →