Schools in North Ayrshire will receive £4,874,620 in 2017/18 to help close the poverty-related attainment gap, the Scottish Government announced this week. More than £45 million of dedicated funding will be provided to primary and secondary schools across Scotland in 2017/18 to help pupils from low-income backgrounds succeed at school. The Scottish Attainment Challenge is... Continue Reading →
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REPEAL BILL: TORIES IN WEST OF SCOTLAND MUST STAND UP FOR SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT
SNP MSP for Cunninghame South, Ruth Maguire, is calling on Tory regional MSPs Jamie Greene, Maurice Golden, and Maurice Corry, to oppose the UK Tory government’s attempts to use the EU Repeal Bill to strip Holyrood of powers. The Scottish Tories need to distance themselves from the Bill which represents a naked power-grab, an attack... Continue Reading →
RUTH BACKS CHARITY’S PROJECT TO REDUCE DIGITAL ISOLATION FOR DEAF CONSTITUENTS
SNP MSP for Cunninghame South, Ruth Maguire, has lent her support to a project run by the charity Action on Hearing Loss Scotland, which aims to reduce the digital exclusion experienced by older people with hearing loss. On Thursday 13th July, the MSP for Cunninghame South visited an Online Today! training session in the Vennel... Continue Reading →
LABOUR’S BROKEN PROMISES ON STUDENT FEES EXPOSED
SUPPORT NOT SURCHARGES NEEDED TO BOOST UNI ACCESS The Labour party has been exposed for “wholesale hypocrisy” on tuition fees – after announcing a hike above and beyond £9,000 for students in Wales, despite promising to scrap them during the General Election campaign just a few weeks ago. Welsh Labour specifically stood on a... Continue Reading →
SCOTTISH ECONOMIC GROWTH OUTSTRIPS THE UK
New GDP figures show that Scotland’s economy has grown 0.8% in the first quarter of 2017, four times the UK growth rate for the same quarter. Production grew by 3.1%, accounting for most of the growth in Scotland, and the services industry grew by 0.3%. Since 2007, productivity in Scotland – the key driver of... Continue Reading →
SNP SCRAPS PAY CAP FOR NURSES AND TEACHERS
TORIES MUST DELIVER ON PUBLIC SECTOR PAY SNP MSP for Cunninghame South, Ruth Maguire, is calling on the UK Government to stop flip-flopping on public sector pay and endorse the SNP’s policy to end the pay cap. Finance Secretary Derek Mackay told the Scottish Parliament last week that the “time was up” for the annual... Continue Reading →
Weekly Bulletin 26th – 30th June
This week, Ruth has: Lodged parliamentary motions congratulating the local organsaitions who received Awards for All Grants this week. Over £3.8 million in National Lottery funds was shared this week by almost 500 groups across Scotland. This community based cash boost comes from National Lottery Awards for All Scotland, which awards grants from £500 to... Continue Reading →
RUTH WELCOMES PASSAGE OF CHILDHOOD ABUSE BILL FOR SURVIVORS SEEKING JUSTICE
SNP MSP for Cunninghame South, Ruth Maguire, has welcomed the passage of the Limitation Childhood Abuse Scotland Bill in the Scottish Parliament. The Bill, which will have retrospective effect, removes the three year time limit within which victims of childhood abuse can bring a civil action against their abuser – meaning that survivors can pursue... Continue Reading →
RUTH WELCOMES NEW PLANS FOR SOFT OPT OUT ORGAN DONATION SYSTEM
MOVES BACKED BY MAJORITY OF SCOTS CONSULTED SNP MSP for Cunninghame South, Ruth Maguire, has welcomed the Scottish Government’s decision to introduce legislation for a soft opt-out system of organ and tissue donation, which was backed by 82% of those who contributed to their consultation. The 14-week consultation looked at various ways to increase the... Continue Reading →
RUTH URGES EXPECTANT MOTHERS IN CUNNINGHAME SOUTH TO SIGN UP FOR BABY BOX
SNP MSP Ruth Maguire is encouraging all expectant mothers in Cunninghame South, whose babies are due on or after 15 August 2017, to register for a baby box at their next midwife appointment. These boxes, containing various essential items for a child’s first weeks and months, signal the SNP Government’s commitment to ensuring that every... Continue Reading →
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