Scottish Conservative MSPs met with representatives from the Bethany Christian Trust to donate clothing, jackets, hats and gloves for distribution to those struggling with homelessness throughout the winter.
Established in 1983, Bethany Christian Trust supports over 7,000 people across Scotland.
Following a period of local public consultation and review the decision has been made to proceed with the proposal to move the Brandon Street Post Office into Digby’s Day Today store at 52-54 Muir Street, Motherwell, ML1 1BN.
The current branch will close at 17:30 on Wednesday 28 February 2018, wit
A LOCAL MSP is taking the fight to save the Woodhall and Faskine greenbelt to Holyrood.
Conservative Graham Simpson has lodged a parliamentary motion condemning the proposed development plans that will all but wipe out the local woodland around Calderbank and Carnbroe.
Developer Orchard Brae is se
Speaking in the Local Government and Communities Committee Debate: Building Regulations and Fire Safety in Scotland, Scottish Conservative Housing Spokesman Graham Simpson MSP has called for consumer rights to extend to buyers of new homes.
Mr Simpson highlighted the range of measures that Sco
I recently witnessed how an energy efficiency scheme has helped hundreds of people across Lanarkshire in the last two years.
I visited pensioners John and Elaine Rodger who recently had a new heating system and front door installed through the Warm Works programme and also visited City Technical Se
Graham presents Linda Baillie with her award.
I recently had the pleasure of popping into the Airdrie branch of the British Heart Foundation to surprise one of their volunteers.
I was delighted to be asked to present Linda Baillie with her award for 15 years service by branch manager Joy
The consultation to change school transport arrangements in North Lanarkshire is now open and will run until Tuesday 9 January 2018.
The consultation focuses on proposals to increase the qualification for entitlement to free school transport as outlined below.
Primary school pupils from more than
Graham with the staff at Shelter Scotland's Blantyre office.
HOMELESSNESS is one of the great issues of our time.
In Scotland, one family every 19 minutes presents as homeless.
Private emails have revealed that the Scottish Government was informed by Glasgow City Council of Grenfell-style ACM cladding on a group of flats on the 17th August 2017, not the 5th September stated by the Cabinet Secretary for Communities, Social Security and Equalities, to the Scottish Parli
Whilst there is always a case to build new and affordable social housing, this has to be balanced with the need to preserve some of our most precious and historical greenbelts.
That is why I’m strongly opposed to the proposed plan to develop the land between Carnbroe and Calderbank.
The Woodhall a
