Archive for January, 2009
Thursday, January 29th, 2009
Patricia Ferguson MSP has welcomed a poster campaign aimed at tackling under-age drinking the Maryhill and Saracen. The initiative is backed by Strathclyde Police and Glasgow Community Safety Services and was recently launched at the Co-Op store in Saracen.
The campaign will see posters displayed in off-licenses in Maryhill and Saracen, ...
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Tuesday, January 27th, 2009
Glasgow Kelvin MSP Pauline McNeill has been closely involved with the campaign to help send immediate medical aid to the Gaza strip following the recent conflict.
The tragic events that have taken place over the last few weeks were the subject of an impassioned debate in the Scottish Parliament on 8th ...
Posted in charity, international development | No Comments »
Friday, January 23rd, 2009
As unemployment rises we are increasing the help we give people losing their jobs. Labour believes that the unemployed are people, not statistics and that every time a worker loses their job it is a personal tragedy. Unlike in past recessions with the Tories at the helm, this Government does ...
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Friday, January 23rd, 2009
Who will benefit from the new jobs package and when?
We expect the whole package to be rolled out by April. Intensified support for everybody at 6 months. The extra options will be flexible, personally tailored to each individual who takes it up and accessible to job seekers who are six ...
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Friday, January 23rd, 2009
Before redundancies happen:
We give help to people at risk of redundancy to find a new job, even before they become unemployed through our Rapid Response Service (RRS).
We have doubled the funding for RRS, and will double it again.
From Day One of Unemployment:
We announced in the Pre Budget Report that we ...
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Thursday, January 22nd, 2009
Pauline's regular blog from the Scottish Parliament has news on arts funding, proposals on regualtion of bus services and First Minister's Questions. Pauline has launched an email newsletter. You can subscribe to this service if you live in Glasgow Kelvin Scottish Parliament Constituency. Contact details are listed below.
Pauline's Kelvin blog
At First Minister’s Question Time ...
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