Paisley’s MSP George Adam has urged people in Paisley to download the new ‘Protect Scotland’ app – to help slow the spread of Coronavirus and support the easing of lockdown restrictions. The free and anonymous app will help stop the spread of COVID-19 and can be downloaded onto phones immediately. It will let users know […]
An estimated 6,300 children across Renfrewshire could benefit from the Scottish Government’s ground breaking anti-poverty payment, new figures have revealed. The Scottish Child Payment will be worth £10 per child for low-income families by the end of 2022, with introduction for under-6s starting by early 2021, and the latest figures from the Scottish Fiscal Commission […]
From November 2020, low-income families with a child under six will be able to apply for £10 per child, per week to assist with living costs, with payments to start from the end of February. Despite the significant impact of COVID-19 and the challenges of lockdown, the introduction of the Scottish Child Payment has only been […]
An independent review is to consider the idea of a national care service In a Programme for Government commitment announced by the First Minister, an independent review is to consider the idea of a national care service in Scotland and will aim to ensure consistently excellent support for people who use these services, as well […]
Following the First Minister’s Programme for Government announcement that a £60million Youth Guarantee will be put in place to give everyone aged 16-24, a job, a place in education or a place in training; Economy Secretary Fiona Hyslop has set out more details of how Scotland’s Youth Guarantee will give young people the chance to […]
The number of households in Renfrewshire hit by the Tory government’s ‘harmful’ benefit cap has soared by 100% since the Covid-19 pandemic started. New statistics show that as of May this year, a total of 6,034 households in Scotland were hit by the benefit cap – an increase of almost 76 per cent. In Renfrewshire […]
Paisley’s MSP has called on Boris Johnson to apologise during his flying visit to Scotland, after a new report found that people in Renfrewshire have already been left £309.44 million worse off as a result of Brexit. The new analysis, published from experts at Warwick University, found that nationally Scotland is now £3.9 billion worse […]
The SNP has renewed calls for the Tory government to deliver a meaningful fiscal stimulus package – after new analysis from the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) confirmed up to £10billion of the measures in the summer statement will be funded through reallocations of previously announced spending. The analysis published by IFS concludes the so-called […]
As Scotland continues to make swift progress in combatting the COVID-19 pandemic, subject to the continued suppression of the virus and to surveillance and mitigations being in place, schools will re-open from the 11th August. In Scotland, as of the 12th July 2020, 151 (0.8%) of a total 18,365 positive cases were among people aged […]
On Thursday 9th July, First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, announced Scotland’s transition into Phase 3 and outlined the further easing of restrictions coming into effect on the 10th of July and throughout the month. Since publishing the Route Map in May, the Scottish Government have continually reviewed and assessed the scientific and medical data so as […]