Welcome to the Website of George Adam
George was first elected to serve as MSP for Paisley at the 2011 Scottish Parliament election. He was previously elected to Renfrewshire Council as the Councillor for the Paisley South Ward. He lives in Paisley with his wife Stacey. In the Scottish Parliament, George is the Chief Whip for the Parliamentary Group of SNP MSPs and holds the position of Parliamentary Liaison Officer (PLO) to the Cabinet Secretary Communities, Social Security and Equalities and is currently a member of the Social Security Committee.
George is currently a member on the following committees;
George is also a member on the following Cross Party Groups (CPG’s);
SNP BUDGET DELIVERS £3.5 BILLION FOR LOW-INCOME FAMILIES WHILE TORIES DUCK RESPONSIBILITIES
George Adam has called on local politicians from all parties to get behind historic funding to continue the delivery of a social security system which places fairness, dignity and respect at its heart. SNP Finance Secretary Kate Forbes has committed a £3.5billion allocation for benefit spend in the next year – including £68 million to deliver the […]
GEORGE ADAM BACKS INCREASED SUPPORT FOR VITAL LOCAL SERVICES AS SNP BUDGET HANDS RENFREWSHIRE COUNCIL £ 9.3M BOOST
Paisley’s MSP, George Adam, has backed draft budget proposals that commit £351.2 million for Renfrewshire Council in 2021/22. Scotland’s Finance Secretary Kate Forbes announced this week that the SNP Government will hand the local authority an additional £9.3 million on last year’s spending – an increase of 2.7% – in plans which will provide the […]
PAISLEY’S MSP HAILS RECORD HEALTH FUNDING AS SNP BUDGET SET TO GIVE GREATER GLASGOW AND CLYDE HEALTH BOARD £2,398.1 MILLION
George Adam, Paisley’s MSP, has urged politicians to get behind the SNP’s draft budget proposals that commits a record £16 billion for health and care services. Last week, Scotland’s Finance Secretary announced an additional £800 million was to be injected into the NHS to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic. Under the plans, Greater Glasgow and Clyde […]
SNP ANNOUNCES AMBITIOUS BUDGET WITH RECORD HEALTH FUNDING, SUPPORT FOR COMMUNITIES, JOBS, BUSINESSES AND COVID-19 RECOVERY
Paisley’s MSP has welcomed the SNP Government’s ambitious draft budget – which includes record funding of £16 billion for our health and social care services – and urged MSPs from all parties to support it. Today, Finance Secretary Kate Forbes announced her budget, which focuses on three key guiding principles – a national mission for […]
SNP GOVERNMENT TRIPLES SUPPORT FOR TAXI DRIVERS IN PAISLEY
Paisley’s MSP has expressed his delight that taxi and private hire drivers in Paisley will have access to three times the amount of Scottish Government support than they did last year. Eligible drivers will be able to claim a £1,500 grant to cover fixed costs, boosting the support available to them by the Scottish Government. […]
PAISLEY’S MSP DELIGHTED AS THOUSANDS APPLY EARLY FOR SCOTTISH CHILD PAYMENT
George Adam has shown his delight as thousands of families in Scotland have applied for the ‘game-changing’ Scottish Child Payment early, and is now urging any families in the area who have not yet applied for the scheme to do so to ensure they do not miss out on any money. So far, Social Security […]