Scotland’s unemployment rate has risen slightly in the last quarter despite some businesses still struggling to recruit staff.
Scotland’s unemployment rate has risen slightly in the last quarter despite some businesses still struggling to recruit staff.
Scotland could host the Commonwealth Games in 2026 without cash from the public purse being used to pay for the event, MSPs have been told.
An SNP Minister has warned Kate Forbes would need Tory support to become the next First Minister.
A patient waited a staggering 122 hours for treatment in an accident and emergency department.
The NHS in Scotland is "fighting for its life" after another dire set of monthly figures revealed the severe pressure hospitals continue to face.
Victims of brain butcher Sam Eljamel will gather in Holyrood to protest over “dithering” on the public inquiry into the affair. Many of Eljamel’s former patients have been left with permanent disabilities from his botched surgeries.
Workers at Ferguson Marine "deserve certainty" after the Scottish Government rejected a request for £25m of additional investment in the nationalised shipyard.
An SNP Cabinet Secretary has said there is no “immediate risk to safety” in schools over the collapsing concrete threat.
An SNP minister has admitted it could be cheaper to scrap one of the troubled CalMac ferries currently under construction and start again.
Scots wanting to donate to help earthquake survivors in Turkey and Syria are being urged to do so via recognised charities.
A house builder has had a decision on plans for new homes in Bathgate put on hold for two months while uncertainty over missing paperwork is sorted out.
A Thornhill-based landmine clearing charity has been given Scottish Government funding to continue its work in Ukraine.
Scotland’s Ukraine minister has told those who fled to the country after the Russian invasion “Scotland is your home for as long as you’re here” ahead of the festive period.
Scottish Secretary Alister Jack ignored a plea to meet one of the country’s top anti-poverty groups to discuss the cuts to Universal Credit.
iOS - Android In neighbouring South Lanarkshire, 6155 families had 21,275 payments totalling £1.05m.So far, across Scotland 108,000 children have benefitted from the payment which provides eligible families with £10 per week.
iOS - Android The additional money for upgrading was welcomed by Neil Gray, the Airdrie & Shotts MSP – who asked residents for their opinions on local play facilities three years ago when MP for the same constituency.He received 137 replies, with more than three quarters of respondents calling for better play equipment to be installed.Mr Gray said: “The response was overwhelmingly negative when I ran a survey across Airdrie & Shotts to see what people thought of the standard of their local play
Carer's Allowance Supplement given to unpaid carers at the end of the year. The Parliament's Social Justice and Social Security Committee is considering increasing the £231.40 paid twice a year to unpaid carers by doubling it when it is awarded in December.
In a Parliamentary Written Question to the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills, Shirley-Anne Somerville, Neil Gray, Airdrie & Shotts MSP asked how many children in Airdrie and Shotts would benefit from the roll-out of universal free school meals.The response Mr Gray received showed that, across all 23 primary schools in the constituency, a total of 5300 children will be able to access free school meals – an increase of 2400 – more than were previously entitled to receive this benefit.Head
SNP MSP has claimed an independent Scotland could guarantee a couple with children a minimum income of more than £37,000 a year. Neil Gray admits the plans have not been costed.
SNP MSP has claimed an independent Scotland could guarantee a couple with children a minimum income of more than £37,000 a year. Neil Gray admits the plans have not been costed.
as more results are declared. Siobhan Brown (Ayr) In what could rank as the SNP's biggest win of the entire election, Siobhan Brown gained Ayr for Nicola Sturgeon's party from the Tories in one of the closest run races of the campaign.
election. Neil Gray, who stepped down as an MP to run for the Holyrood chamber, took to Twitter to say he had been bitten when he was out leafleting.
MP Neil Gray who is standing to become an MSP at Holyrood. As Scots go to the polls on May 6 to elect 129 MSPs there will be a tightly fought campaign dealing with locals issues on the doorsteps of the Lanarkshire towns.
crowdfunding webpage set up by Monklands Women’s Aid, aiming to collect up to £100,000.
water could be emptied from the “high-risk” site, three miles east of Chapelhall, as it is no longer used as a supply source and requires significant and costly upgrading work.
Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.Shotts MP Neil Gray has hit out at the Chancellor of the Exchequer’s decisions contained in this week’s Spending Review.Mr Gray fears that his constituents will be hit hard by decisions by Rishi Sunak which will punish public sector workers and families on low incomes.New analysis from the Resolution Foundation has found that average pay packets could be cut by £1,200 a year by 2025.The Resolution Foundation
Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.THE Scottish Government’s decision to plug the shortfall in school milk funding left by Brexit has been praised by Airdrie MP Neil Gray.Children and young people in Monklands will now be able to continue to access subsidised milk in schools, despite the EU ceasing to provide local authorities with provision subsidy.Ministers had pressed the UK Government to make up the shortfall, but to date no such
Airdrie and Coatbridge Advertiser: “I’d need to resign in March so that a by-election could take place on the same day, for minimum cost and disruption to the parliament and representation.
Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.AIRDRIE'S MP has hit out at the “shocking way” the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) has treated new Universal Credit claimants during lockdown.Figures release in response to a Parliamentary Written Question by Chris Stephens MP revealed that residents in Neil Gray’s Airdrie & Shotts constituency who had applied for an advance payment of their benefit to see them through the initial five-week wait had,
Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.North Lanarkshire Conservatives have accused Shotts MP Neil Gray of hypocrisy over recent comments regarding community alarms.Mr Gray slammed the decision to introduce the £3.40 per week charge in last week’s Wishaw Press.However, the local authority’s Tory Group state they voted against the charges being introduced in February’s budget, with SNP and Labour voting to reintroduce the charges, and they
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