Archive for the ‘housing’ Category

Gordon Brown: You have to grow not cut your way out of a recession

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 ...

Real help for families in Glasgow – higher pensions, higher tax credits and tax cuts

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 ...

MSP criticises inadequate SNP plan for factoring

Saturday, July 26th, 2008

Maryhill MSP, Patricia Ferguson has expressed her surprise and disappointment at the SNP Government’s announcement of plans to introduce an inadequate voluntary accreditation scheme for property managers. The SNP announcement comes only weeks after the Office of Fair Trading confirmed that it is to carry out an investigation into the issue ...

Improving housing

Thursday, May 8th, 2008

Patricia Ferguson MSP has praised the work of local housing associations in her constituency and called into question proposals by the SNP administration to introduce competition in the delivery of social rented housing. Speaking in a debate in the Scottish Parliament, the Maryhill MSP expressed concerns about the effect that the proposals ...