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"...her campaigning against education cuts is good news for parents" - Rachael Ewing, Seedhill
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"...her campaigning against education cuts is good news for parents" - Rachael Ewing, Seedhill
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Disabled people from Renfrewshire on low rate Disability Living Allowance (DLA) are a step closer to getting free bus travel after Scottish Labour put pressure on the SNP government to back their campaign. Read more »
Santa supports charities as bankers withdraw
One of the most imaginative Christmas presents I have come across this year is from the National Society for the Protection of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC). They have been running a Santa reply service. For a small donation to the NSPCC they will send a colourful, personalised letter from Santa to your child. For more information and to order call 0845 839 9304 or online at www.nspcc.org.uk/santa . You’ll have act quickly to use the service this year as the last day for ordering is the 16th. Read more »
- MPs and MSPs call on Council Rethink -
MPs and MSPs say the crisis in teacher numbers means there must be a rethink in Renfrewshire at the next Council meeting.
Renfrewshire has axed 210 teachers, now has the worst pupil teacher ratios in the whole of Scotland and has cut £2.5 million from local school budgets this year.
Our children should not face the steepest cuts in teacher numbers relative to our population anywhere in Scotland. Read more »
Paisley North MSP Wendy Alexander is urging temporary workers across Renfrewshire to know and understand their rights this Christmas.
Thousands of seasonal staff have been taken on by employers throughout Renfrewshire to cover the festive season and the local MSP wants workers to know that they are entitled to much the same rights as permanent staff. Read more »
- Wendy signing to a greener Christmas -
The Copenhagen summit on Climate Change reminds us all we need to do more for our planet.
So this Christmas before you wrap and then unwrap all those presents give a thought to the future of our planet. Read more »
As the festive period approaches, local Labour politicians are urging drivers not take any chances by drinking and driving and help keep Renfrewshire’s roads safe.
The trend in drink driving is slightly down in Renfrewshire, this is good news. In 07/8 there were 394 motorists charged on Renfrewshire’s roads for drink/drug driving offences. It fell to 383 last year (08/9) – but it is not clear it will fall again this year. Read more »
Wendy Alexander MSP URGES CARERS TO ‘CARE FOR THEIR INCOMES AND PENSIONS’
Wendy Alexander MSP added her support to Carers UK’s national carers’ rights campaign on Friday 4th December 2009.
There are 18031 carers in Renfrewshire who provide care and support to family, friends and neighbours, providing unpaid care worth an estimated £261 million each year. The Carers Rights Day campaign, run by Carers UK, seeks to increase the take-up of benefits and raise awareness of carers’ rights and the support that they may be able to get in order to protect their pensions. It might be the Carer’s Allowance, council tax discount, Pension Credit or Housing Benefit that makes a difference. Read more »
Many Thanks for showing an interest in this appeal. Unfortunately over the last few days, since submitting my column words to the Paisley Daily Express, this appeal by organisers HART – High Access Rescue Team has run into difficulties in around their talks with the MOD about the logistics of getting the boxes to the intended recipients in Afghanistan. Understandably that part of the exercise would likely require the largest amount of administering to get them to the right people – including, I would imagine security checking of all boxes. Read more »
A Christmas Gift…
Christmas is fast approaching. I was pleased this week to learn of the Shoebox Appeal by a Glasgow based group called HART in association with the services charity Help for Heroes. Courtesy mainly of M&S in the High Street my office filled a male and female box. Read more »
- ‘DAMNING INDICTMENT’ OF SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT POLICY -
- MPs and MSP call for Renfrewshire Council to support reinstatement -
An influential call to reinstate the Glasgow Rail Airport Link has been made by six of Scotland’s main business organisations – and the Scottish Trades Unions Congress. Read more »