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Off And Running For The North Glasgow 5k

Monday, March 8th, 2010

Patricia Ferguson MSP joined school pupils from primary schools in Milton for a 2k fun run at the start of March. The event is one of a number of fun runs for school pupils in the north of Glasgow to...

Maryhill CAB Project Visits Parliament

Monday, March 8th, 2010

Patricia Ferguson MSP has welcomed a group from the Maryhill Citizens Advice Bureau Asylum Seeker & Refugee Project to the Scottish Parliament. The Maryhill MSP gave the visitors a tour of the Parliament building, including a look round the Debating...

Patricia Ferguson Calls On The Scottish Government To Back The Regulation Of Property Factors

Thursday, March 4th, 2010

Patricia Ferguson MSP has called on the Scottish Government to back her bid to regulate property factors. Leading a debate in the Scottish Parliament the Labour MSP highlighted cases from her Maryhill constituency as evidence of the need for...

Cashing In On Lottery Funding

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010

Patricia Ferguson MSP has hosted a special information event to make sure community groups and organisations in her constituency get their fair share of cash available through the Big Lottery Fund Scotland. The Maryhill MSP brought together representatives of over...

Factors Bill Gets All Party Support

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010

A bill that would give people more say about the services they receive from factors is one step closer. The legislation proposed by Maryhill MSP, Patricia Ferguson, received support from more than 40 MSPs from all parties represented at Holyrood...

Labour Exchange Centenary: 100 years of Jobcentres

Wednesday, February 17th, 2010

Local MP thanks staff for dedication and commitment to jobseekers through recession  Ann McKechin MP has visited Maryhill Jobcentre Plus to celebrate 100 years since the first Labour Exchange – the precursor to today’s Jobcentres.  The first Labour Exchanges were opened by Winston Churchill on 1 February 1910. In those ...

Tackling The Number Of Exclusions In Schools

Monday, February 8th, 2010

Patricia Ferguson has congratulated John Paul Academy in Summerston on reducing the number of exclusions from the school and called on the SNP Government to use good practice from the school to benefit other school children across Scotland. Speaking in...

SNP Budget – A Lost Opportunity To Boost Glasgow

Monday, February 8th, 2010

Maryhill MSP Patricia Ferguson today hit out at the SNP for delivering a budget that has 'failed Scotland and failed the communities of Maryhill'. The SNP's budget voted through the Scottish Parliament with Conservative support was described as a missed...

Ann McKechin MP Officially Opens New Temporary Maryhill Post Office Branch

Friday, February 5th, 2010

GLASGOW North MP Ann McKechin has officially opened the new post office branch in Maryhill. Post Office Ltd and Tesco relocated the post office branch on Maryhill Road to allow customers to continue to receive a service while redevelopment work is completed at the Maryhill shopping centre.  The new, modern ...

Local MP joins David Tennant and the Performers Alliance at Westminster

Friday, February 5th, 2010

Glasgow North MP Ann McKechin has joined with Doctor Who actor David Tennant and a host of others, writers and musicians for the latest meeting of the Performers Alliance reception.     The Performers Alliance meets with MPs to discuss matters of particular concern to performers and writers and to ...