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Your Labour MP: Fighting unfair bank charges
Thursday, June 25th, 2009[caption id="" align="alignright" width="275" caption="Doris Pope from Partick shows Ann the apology she received from the bank"][/caption] Glasgow North MP, Ann McKechin is keen to speak to pensioners who may be experiencing problems with their bank, after one of her constituents was charged £65 for being accidentally overdrawn by a mere ...
SNP Schools Plan Fails Maryhill
Wednesday, June 17th, 2009Patricia Ferguson MSP has expressed disappointment at the SNP Government's failure to offer any hope of new schools for Maryhill. The Labour MSP questioned the Education Minister in Parliament on her plans but the response she received fails to offer any hope to pupils and parents from schools facing closure at ...
Pauline McNeill MSP’s Kelvin spring blog update from the Scottish Parliament
Tuesday, May 12th, 2009Click here for your digital copy of Pauline's Spring Newsletter Click here for your digital copy of Pauline's Annual ReportDuring the Easter Recess, the Scotland to Gaza convoy that I organised along with Edinburgh Direct Aid made its journey to Gaza. After extensive negotiations with the Egyptian authorities, the Rafah border ...
Pauline McNeill’s April update for West and Central Glasgow
Friday, April 10th, 2009It has been a busy time in the run-up to the Easter Recess. I attended BVT’s School’s Education Road Show at Whiteinch Primary, with my colleague John Park MSP. The Road Show brings engineering to life for school children and with BVT offering the largest private sector apprenticeship scheme in Scotland, ...
March Kelvin News from Pauline McNeill MSP
Monday, March 16th, 2009Clyde 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 ...
Hillhead News from Councillor Hanzala Malik
Thursday, March 5th, 2009Labour’s Environmental Budget for Glasgow Glasgow's Labour group have announced that they will invest over £1 million in making the city a cleaner, greener place in their budget proposals for this year. At the Council budget meeting in February, the Labour Group’s budget proposals, which will invest more money in extending ...
Local MP Ann McKechin on visit to promote strong Scottish links with India
Thursday, February 12th, 2009Scotland 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 ...
Pauline McNeill MSP’s update from the Scottish Parliament
Thursday, February 12th, 2009This 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 ...
Maryhill MSP Welcomes Campaign To Tackle Under Age Drinking
Thursday, January 29th, 2009Patricia 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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