Archive for the ‘employment’ Category
Tuesday, May 5th, 2009
Britain cannot cut its way out of this downturn – we have to invest our way out.
Over the last few months, Labour has taken action to protect savings, make more lending available to people in businesses, save and protect jobs and invest for the future.
This sits in stark ...
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Monday, April 13th, 2009
These are tough times right across the world including here in Glasgow. The Labour Government is committed to preventing a repeat of the mistakes of previous recessions where families and communities were left to cope on their own.
Scottish Labour stands for fairness - and when times are tougher, Labour believes ...
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Friday, April 3rd, 2009
Local MP, Ann McKechin, with the Prime Minister on the eve of the G20 summit, where world leaders came together to secure a new global deal on regulation and fiscal stimulus for the world economy.
G20 London summit delivers major progress
Ann McKechin MP welcomed the progress made at this week's London ...
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Monday, March 16th, 2009
Clyde shipyards win Navy work
I welcome the recent contracts boost to our local yards from the Royal Navy, building a stable future for shipbuilding jobs in our constituency.
The yards of my constituency on the Clyde are still today, the best shipbuilders in the world. I'm pleased that the UK Government ...
Posted in Pauline McNeill MSP, culture, education, employment, environment, recycling, schools, students, wages, young people | No Comments »
Monday, March 9th, 2009
The Leader of Glasgow City Council, Councillor Steven Purcell, has announced the launch of the Glasgow Living Wage set at £7 an hour.
^ Hats off to a plan encouraging decent wages across our city
Announcing the move, Glasgow's Labour leader, Councillor Steven Purcell, said:
“It is simply unacceptable that almost one in five ...
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Thursday, February 12th, 2009
Scotland Office Minister and Glasgow North Labour's Ann McKechin MP has joined a team of eight Scottish delegates to promote Indo-Scottish educational ties in East India.
Speaking about how Scotland and India can benefit together through the stong ties built up by the UK and Indian Governments, Ann said:
"I learnt that ...
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Thursday, February 12th, 2009
This is Pauline's regular news update for those who live in Glasgow Kelvin Scottish Parliament Constituency. This update includes news on the concessions won by Labour for delivering apprenticeships in the Budget Bill, further action from Labour on promoting Gaelic, and the campaign for central funding of the public arts collections owned by the people of ...
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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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