SCOTTISH BUDGET AGREEMENT REACHED

Agreement has been reached in the Scottish Parliament for the 2020/21 budget. As well as the original pledges, the SNP Scottish Government will deliver: 🚌 Free bus travel for under-18s. 🏢 An extra £95m for local authorities – including £6m for North Lanarkshire. 👮‍♀️ £13m for frontline Police and £5m capital. 🌅 £25m on energy efficiency and tackling fuel […]

RURAL AREAS WORST HIT BY POST OFFICE CLOSURE

FULL STORY HERE. The Tories are driving the Post Office – yet another valued public service – into the ground through a privatisation regime of managed decline. Post Offices must remain in public hands. It isn’t surprising that branches remain closed for so long. We are in the midst of a Postmaster crisis. They are […]

NLC BIN CUTS LEADS TO RATS INFESTATION

SNP MP CALLS FOR INCREASED COLLECTIONS IN COUNCIL BUDGET AS RAT SIGHTINGS DOUBLE Figures from North Lanarkshire Council (NLC) have revealed that the council’s decision to reduce general waste collections has doubled rat sightings in North Lanarkshire in the space of a year. Changes backed by Labour Councillors, including NLC Leader, Cllr Jim Logue, came […]

SCOTS MPs BLOCKED ON NHS SPENDING BILL

Tonight, all Scottish MPs were blocked from voting on matters which would affect how much money Scotland would get in our block grant due to English Votes for English Laws (EVEL). That means the Scottish people are being blocked from having their say over the decisions which affect our lives – again. The UK is […]

LOCAL MP BACKS BILL TO PROTECT NHS FROM TRADE DEALS

Marion Fellows, SNP MP for Motherwell and Wishaw, has backed a Bill to protect the NHS from being used as a bargaining chip in future trade deals with foreign nations. The SNP will tomorrow (5 February) bring forward the NHS protection Bill – a key 2019 manifesto commitment – to enshrine in law that all […]

LABOUR COUNCILLORS VOTE TO CLOSE KILBOWIE

Despite the SNP Councillors voting today to save the Kilbowie Outdoor Education Centre, Labour Councillors have voted to close it, while Tory Councillors abstained. The SNP is fighting tooth and nail to save our facilities and services so people can continue benefiting from them. Despite having to work within the confines of Tory austerity, the […]