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 →
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NORTH AYRSHIRE RECEIVES MAJOR INVESTMENT IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING
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 →
RUTH WELCOMES ANNOUNCEMENT OF FIRST SCOTTISH SOCIAL SECURITY PAYMENTS
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 →
RUTH PRAISES MARIE CURIE SUPPORT FOR TERMINALLY ILL PEOPLE
On Friday 2nd June 2017, Ruth Maguire MSP heard about the care available for people in West Scotland living with a terminal illness and their families, praising the support provided by the terminal illness charity, Marie Curie. At a meeting with Marie Curie staff at her constituency office in Irvine, Ruth discussed the work of... Continue Reading →
Weekly Bulletin 29th May – 4th June
This week, Ruth has: Debated the Scottish Government’s Child Poverty (Scotland Bill) - which introduces four main statutory income targets for reducing child poverty and includes stringent reporting requirements at both the national and the local level. The Child Poverty (Scotland) Bill will make Scotland the only part of the UK with statutory targets to... Continue Reading →
SNP’S RUTH MAGUIRE EXPOSES SHAMEFUL TORY RECORD ON CHILD POVERTY AS VOTERS HEAD TO THE POLLS
On Thursday 1st June, Holyrood debated the Scottish Government’s Child Poverty (Scotland Bill) – which introduces four main statutory income targets for reducing child poverty and includes stringent reporting requirements at both the national and the local level. The four statutory targets set out in the Bill are: Less than 10% of children live in... Continue Reading →
Weekly Bulletin 22nd May – 28th May
This week, Ruth has: In Education Committee, continued the Committee’s inquiry into teacher workforce planning for Scotland’s schools. The Committee took evidence from a wide range of organisations, including Education Scotland, COSLA, and the General Teaching Council for Scotland. Ruth asked in particular about how schools plan to accommodate early retirement and maternity/paternity leave. The... Continue Reading →
WOMEN’S ORGANISATIONS PRESS TORY GOVERNMENT ON UNANSWERED ‘RAPE CLAUSE’ QUESTIONS
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 →
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