On Thursday 27th April 2017, Minister for Social Security, Jeane Freeman, announced in a statement to Parliament that Scotland’s new social security agency will put people before profits, with no private companies carrying out benefit assessments. The Minister also announced that the new agency will have a central location as well as providing a local... Continue Reading →
SNP’S RUTH MAGUIRE SLAMS SCOTTISH TORIES OVER ‘ABHORRENT’ TWO CHILD CAP AND RAPE CLAUSE
In a Holyrood debate on 25th April 2017, SNP MSP Ruth Maguire joined MSPs from all other parties apart from the Scottish Conservatives to condemn the UK Tory Government’s two child cap and associated rape clause. The Scottish Conservatives were visibly uncomfortable and unusually quiet throughout the debate, and refused either to take, or make,... Continue Reading →
RUTH HEARS VIEWS FROM WITHIN THE SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM
On Wednesday 18th April, SNP MSP for Cunninghame South, Ruth Maguire, attended a parliamentary reception hosted by the Public and Commercial Services Union Scotland (PCS) to gain insight into their views on how Scotland should build a social security system based on dignity and respect. The PCS is the largest trade union representing the civil... Continue Reading →
RUTH JOINS HOLYROOD PROTEST AGAINST TORY FAMILY CAP AND ‘RAPE CLAUSE’
Immediately following First Minister’s Questions on Thursday 20th April, politicians from all of Scotland’s parties apart from the Conservatives joined campaigners outside Holyrood to protest the Tory imposed family cap and ‘rape clause’. The family cap limits tax credits to only two children per family – unless the mother can prove that a third child... Continue Reading →
SCOTTISH HEDGEHOG SPECIES CHAMPION ‘SHOCKED AND DISAPPOINTED’ AT APPROVAL OF DEADLY A24 TRAPS IN ENGLAND
The UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) decision to approve a New Zealand manufactured A24 self-resetting multi-species killing trap for use in England has been met with outrage and protest by animal welfare campaigners. Though the A24 trap may only be used for the purpose of killing rats and stoats, organisations such... Continue Reading →
RUTH JOINS HOLYROOD’S EDUCATION COMMITTEE
Local MSP Ruth Maguire has joined Holyrood’s Education and Skills Committee in an Easter reshuffle. After serving on the Local Government and Communities Government between September 2016 and March 2017, Ruth attended her first meeting as a member of Holyrood’s Education and Skills Committee on Wednesday 19th April. The role of the Education and Skills committee... Continue Reading →
RUTH SECURES ACTION ON SAFETY CONCERNS AROUND A737 AT DALGAVERN
SNP MSP for Cunninghame South, Ruth Maguire, has secured a detailed survey into the A737 at Dalgarven in response to the serious and longstanding safety concerns of local residents. On 3rd March 2017, Ruth held a site meeting and walkover attended by Transport Scotland, Scotland TransServ, Police Scotland, and a number of residents and business... Continue Reading →
RUTH CALLS ON WEST SCOTLAND TORY MSPS TO CONDEMN FAMILY CAP AND RAPE CLAUSE
SNP MSP Ruth Maguire has called on West Scotland Tory MSPs, Jamie Greene, Maurice Corry, and Maurice Golden to stop acting as mere mouthpieces for the UK government and oppose the shocking and inhumane two child limit and rape clause. The family cap limits tax credits to only two children per family – unless the... Continue Reading →
RUTH SUPPORTS CONSTITUENTS IN BUS CHAOS
After hearing from a number of constituents experiencing severe problems due to changes to Stagecoach’s Number 23 bus service, which operates between Broomlands and Hunter Drive in Irvine, local MSP Ruth Maguire has written to the Chief executive of Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT), Gordon Maclennan, to make him aware of the difficulties caused by... Continue Reading →
NO ADVICE SURGERIES ON MONDAY 17TH APRIL DUE TO PUBLIC HOLIDAY
As next Monday is a public holiday, Ruth will unfortunately be unable to hold her scheduled surgeries in Irvine and Kilwinning due to the premises being closed. Please do not hesitate to get in touch with Ruth by email, post or telephone using the contact details on this website in the meantime.
Ruth Maguire MSP (SNP) 