Archive for October 2021
Increase winter fuel payment to help 44,000 people in South Lanarkshire
Local MSP Monica Lennon has called on the Scottish Government to take up Scottish Labour’s plans to expand the Winter Fuel Payment, after new figures revealed it could help up to 44,000 in South Lanarkshire. Last week Scottish Labour called on the government to introduce a £70 winter fuel supplement for low-income pensioners and struggling…
Read MoreMSPs blast “inadequate and short sighted” plans to ditch rail upgrade in East Kilbride
Monica Lennon MSP has joined with local MSP colleagues from across the political divide to call for dualling of the East Kilbride to Busby railway line to be put back on the table after Transport Scotland quietly dropped plans which would have doubled the number of trains using the vital commuter route. Signed by MSPs…
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