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 →
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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 →
MSP HAILS RADICAL MOVE TO TACKLE CHILD POVERTY IN NORTH AYRSHIRE
Local MSP Ruth Maguire has heaped praise on the SNP’s announcement of a new social benefit designed to lift children across Scotland out of poverty. By the end of 2022, eligible families in North Ayrshire will now receive an extra £10 a week for every child under 16 – low income families with children under... Continue Reading →
SNP DRIVE TO END FUEL POVERTY IN SCOTLAND
MSP SAYS NEW BILL WILL “MAKE A REAL DIFFERENCE” IN CUNNINGHAME SOUTH MSP for Cunninghame South, Ruth Maguire, has given her backing to the Scottish Government’s world-leading Fuel Poverty Bill that was passed unanimously by MSPs this week [11th June]. Under the plans no more than 5% of households in Scotland will be... Continue Reading →
Ruth Maguire, MSP, Irvine Times, 04 June 2019
Scotland’s women footballers had a great send off to the FIFA World Cup in France with a thrilling 3-2 victory over Jamaica in a friendly at Hampden. Sadly, I couldn’t be there myself, but I’ve heard lots of reports of a great atmosphere amongst the huge record crowd of crowd of more than 18,555.... Continue Reading →
EMPLOYMENT IN SCOTLAND RISES TO RECORD HIGH
EMPLOYMENT IN SCOTLAND RISES TO RECORD HIGH CONTINUED GROWTH IN SCOTLAND DESPITE WESTMINSTER SHAMBLES SNP MSP Ruth Maguire has praised new figures showing that Scotland's employment rate has risen to 75.9% - the highest on record. Figures released by the Office for National Statistics show that Scotland’s employment rate rose to 75.9% for February to... Continue Reading →
SNP APPROACH TO JUSTICE WORKING FOR COMMUNITIES
New analysis has revealed that serious violent crime has fallen by 50% in North Ayrshire in a decade. Police recorded crime figures have revealed that serious assault and attempted murder cases fell by 50% in North Ayrshire between 2008/09 and 2017/18, and by a total of 38% across Scotland. A separate study into... Continue Reading →
SNP WIN IN NORTH AYRSHIRE AS SCOTLAND SAYS NO TO BREXIT
RESULT IS BIGGEST EUROPEAN ELECTION VICTORY EVER SEEN IN SCOTLAND The SNP has won the European election in North Ayrshire as Scotland voted emphatically to reject Brexit. The SNP received 42 per cent of the vote in North Ayrshire and 38 per cent nationally. Locally the Conservatives received 13 percent and finished behind the... Continue Reading →
Ruth Maguire MSP (SNP) 