Ruth Maguire MSP has called for the UK Government to extend the £20 per week uplift to the standard allowance of Universal Credit and basic element of Working Tax Credit to avoid an ‘unfair’ gap in support during the recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic. New figures from the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (SPICe) have revealed... Continue Reading →
Over 1,800 Households In Cunninghame South Missing Out On Pension Credits
Ruth Maguire MSP has added her voice to a campaign calling on the UK Government to put an action plan in place to increase the uptake of Pension Credit. Independent Age are calling on the Department of Work and Pensions to implement a plan over the next five years as part of their Credit Where... Continue Reading →
UK Internal Market Threatens to Undermine Efforts to Combat Climate Change
Ruth Maguire MSP has raised concerns that proposals for a post-Brexit UK Internal Market could undermine the Scottish Government’s efforts to tackle climate change. Speaking in the Scottish Parliament in response to a statement on the draft legislation, the SNP MSP highlighted comments by Scottish Environment LINK that it could force the Scottish Government to... Continue Reading →
Council Tax Reduction Scheme Supports Over 17,000 Local Households
New figures released this week reveal that 17,450 households across North Ayrshire were supported by the SNP Government’s Council Tax Reduction Scheme in June 2020. Across Scotland, almost 500,000 Scots received the support in June, with the number of local households in receipt of the Council Tax Reduction support rising by 630 since April 2020.... Continue Reading →
Consultation Opens on Tackling Male Demand for Prostitution
Ruth Maguire MSP has welcomed a public consultation from the Scottish Government which is seeking views on options to challenge men’s demand for prostitution. The consultation, which opens today, also asks for suggestions on what can be done to reduce the harms associated with prostitution, how to support women to find a way out of... Continue Reading →
Further Ease of Lockdown Restrictions Pushed Back as Covid Cases Rise
Ruth Maguire MSP has today urged local residents to adhere to the Scottish Government’s new Covid-19 public health guidelines following the latest review. First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has confirmed that from Monday 14 September, the number of people in Scotland permitted to meet will be cut to six people from two households, both indoors and... Continue Reading →
Transport Upgrade Funding to Help Protect Against Covid Announced
Ruth Maguire MSP has welcomed the announcement of £7 million from the Scottish Government to upgrade transport in an effort to mitigate against Covid-19. A newly established Public, School and Community Transport COVID-19 Mitigation Fund will support measures on buses, taxis and private hire vehicles, trams, subway and local ferries and planes that are used... Continue Reading →
Ruth Maguire Urges Scottish Government Intervention to Save GSK Irvine Jobs
Ruth Maguire MSP today sought assurances from the First Minister that the Scottish Government will support workers affected by the announcement that around 60 jobs at GSK’s Irvine site were set to be lost. The chemical and pharmaceutical plant in Irvine announced the redundancies after GSK have planned to stop processing the chemical 6-APA on-site. Speaking... Continue Reading →
Ruth Maguire Urges Action to Be Taken As Increase in Child Sex Offences Reported
Ruth Maguire MSP today called on the Scottish Government to take action amid figures showing that sexual offences against children have risen by a third. The data requested by NSPCC Scotland noted 5311 recorded offences in 2019-20 an increase of 30 per cent in the five years since 2014-15. Speaking today in the Scottish Parliament,... Continue Reading →
Local Organisations Encouraged to Apply for Cycling Friendly Funding
Ruth Maguire MSP has encouraged North Ayrshire businesses, secondary schools and community groups to apply for funding from Cycling Scotland’s Cycling Friendly initiative. A £1.7 million fund from the Scottish Government has been opened and open to applications from across the country in order to make cycling more accessible for people where they live, work... Continue Reading →
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