Ruth Maguire MSP for Cunninghame South today spoke out on violence against women in a debate in the Scottish Parliament focused around the international campaign of 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-based violence. The campaign is organised every year by the Center for Women’s Global Leadership, taking place from 25 November to 10 December as... Continue Reading →
Ruth Maguire calls for immediate release of Catalan political prisoners
Last week, I echoed the calls of Amnesty International for the immediate release of Catalan leaders, Jordi Sànchez and Jordi Cuixart who were convicted of sedition and sentenced to nine years imprisonment by the Spanish state. Amnesty argues that an overly broad interpretation by Spain of the crime of sedition has resulted in the criminalisation of... Continue Reading →
Day of the Imprisoned Writer
Last week, I gave a speech in the Scottish Parliament leading a debate to mark Day of the Imprisoned Writer. This day is marked every year on 15 November by PEN International to stand in solidarity with at-risk and imprisoned writers across the globe. Around the world, too many writers are in prison; this includes... Continue Reading →
Ruth Maguire MSP pledges support for Shelter Scotland’s Right to a Home campaign
Ruth Maguire MSP has signed up to support Shelter Scotland’s call for the right to a home being enshrined in Scottish Law Ruth Maguire, MSP for Cunninghame South has signed Shelter Scotland’s petition to have the right to decent home enshrined in Scottish Law. The campaign was launched after research conducted by YouGov for Shelter... Continue Reading →
30th Anniversary – United Nations Convention of the Rights of the Child
November 20th 2019 marks 30 years of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). There are a broad array of international instruments which set out the human rights of children, but the UNCRC is the first legally binding international instrument to incorporate their full range of civil, cultural, economic, political, and... Continue Reading →
2020 Constituency Surgery Dates
Friday: – 10th January, 14th February, 13th March, 17th April and 12th June Kilwinning Library, Kilwinning – 10.30am-11.15am Castlepark Community Centre, Irvine – 11.45am-12.30pm Dreghorn Library, Dreghorn – 2.00pm-2.45pm Bourtreehill Library, Irvine – 3.15pm-4.00pm Monday: – 27th January, 24th February, 30th March, 27th April, 18th May and 29th June Fullarton Community Centre, Irvine – 9.45am-10.30am... Continue Reading →
RUTH MAGUIRE JOINS LEADING CHARITY’S ‘NO BAD ENDS’ CAMPAIGN
Ruth Maguire MSP joined Aberlour Child Care Trust in the Scottish Parliament this week, giving their support to the charity's 'No Bad Ends' campaign. The campaign was launched following research that shows young people from the most deprived communities in North Ayrshire are up to three times more likely to die before they reach their... Continue Reading →
NEW ANALYSIS: BORIS JOHNSON’S BREXIT DEAL WOULD LEAVE CUNNINGHAME SOUTH RESIDENTS £1,600 WORSE OFF
New analysis from the Scottish Government has found that Boris Johnson’s revised Brexit deal would leave people in Cunninghame South the equivalent of £1,600-a-person worse off by 2030. The analysis also found that Scotland’s GDP would fall by around £9 billion compared to projections if we stayed in the EU. With a general election confirmed... Continue Reading →
THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN TO BE HIT BY TWO-CHILD CAP IN NORTH AYRSHIRE
SNP – TORY GOVERNMENT MUST SCRAP “HEARTLESS” POLICY 20 per cent of the total number of children in North Ayrshire and Arran and 17.8% of children in Central Ayrshire could be affected by the two-child cap, according to new research – prompting more calls for the UK Government to scrap the “heartless” policy. The “two-child policy”... Continue Reading →
Volunteers Sought To Shape Benefits Delivery
A new opportunity for people to get involved in shaping Scotland’s social security system has now been created with the re-opening of recruitment for members of the Social Security Experience Panels. The panels were set up in 2017 and are made up of more than 2400 people with experience of the welfare system. They are... Continue Reading →
Ruth Maguire MSP (SNP) 