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Tag Archives: Scottish Government
Press Release: Families in Glasgow Will Be Protected by Scottish Labour
Working families in Glasgow will be protected by Tory cuts to Tax Credits by Scottish Labour. The party announced that they would protect working families in Scotland from tax credit cuts using the new powers coming to the Scottish Parliament. … Continue reading
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Tagged Glasgow, Scottish Government, Scottish Labour Party, Scottish Parliament, Working Families
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Anne McTaggart MSP – Rising Rents Must Be Tackled
Scottish Labour MSP Anne McTaggart has called for rising private sector rents to be tackled by new laws. Information released by letting agents Your Move this week show the average rent in Glasgow and Clyde standing at a new high … Continue reading
Questioning the The Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning
13. Anne McTaggart (Glasgow) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Government when it last met the management of Glasgow Clyde College and what was discussed. (S4O-04500) The Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning (Angela Constance): There have been no … Continue reading
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Anne McTaggart MSP Blasts SNP Underspend on Public Services
Glasgow Labour MSP Anne McTaggart has blasted the Scottish Government for denying public services in Glasgow vital funding Figures released this week revealed the annual underspend in Scotland’s budget for last year is £376 million. Of this amount, £151 million … Continue reading
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Tagged budget, Glasgow City Council, Public services, Scottish Government
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Anne McTaggart MSP calls for Football Act Review
Glasgow Labour MSP Anne McTaggart has called on the Scottish Government to conduct a review of the controversial ‘Football Act’ The MSP believes that the Offensive Behaviour at Football and Threatening Communications (Scotland) Act 2012 is not tackling Scotland’s problem … Continue reading
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Tagged Scottish Government, Scottish Labour Party, sectarianism, Sport
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Glasgow MSP Wants More Support for Carers
Scottish Labour MSP Anne McTaggart has backed more support for carers in Glasgow. Ms McTaggart will back amendments to the Carers Bill to beef up the powers of the Care Inspectorate. Under Scottish Labour plans the Care Inspectorate will be … Continue reading
Questioning the Cabinet Secretary for Health, Wellbeing and Sport
Anne McTaggart (Glasgow) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Government how many general practices have been unable to recruit one or more partners for more than six months. (S4O-04257) The Cabinet Secretary for Health, Wellbeing and Sport (Shona Robison): Numbers of … Continue reading
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Tagged Health, questions, Scottish Government, Scottish Labour Party, the Scottish Parliament
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Anne McTaggart MSP Urges Scottish Government to Explain Welfare Fund Underspend
Glasgow Labour MSP Anne McTaggart has urged the Scottish Government to explain why the Scottish welfare fund was so underspent. Ms McTaggart made her call during a debate at the Scottish Parliament on the Welfare Funds (Scotland) Bill on Tuesday … Continue reading
Anne McTaggart MSP challenges Scottish Government on Women in Business
Earlier this week during parliamentary questions on Finance, Employment and Sustainable Growth, Anne McTaggart MSP asked the Minister for Energy, Enterprise and Tourism, Fergus Ewing MSP what specific measures the Scottish Government has taken to increase the concerning gender gap … Continue reading
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Tagged Scottish Government, Scottish Labour Party, Women's issues
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Anne McTaggart MSP concerned with numeracy results
Glasgow Labour MSP Anne McTaggart has expressed her concern at the drop in the number of primary school pupils doing well in Maths. She spoke as the Scottish Government released figures from the Scottish Survey of Numeracy 2013. The figures … Continue reading
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Tagged Education, Scottish Government, Scottish Labour Party
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