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Taxpayers are footing gas and electricity bills for multi-millionaire Scottish Secretary Alister Jack – while vulnerable families cut off their supplies in terror at rising prices.

Scottish Labour delegates have backed calls for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza after party MSPs called for “unequivocal” support. The party’s conference held in Glasgow unanimously backed Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar’s calls for an immediate end to the Israel-Hamas conflict.

Police have recovered the bodies of two men in the River Clyde after a tugboat capsized near Greenock.

A major rescue operation is expected to resume after a tugboat with two people on board capsized in the River Clyde off Greenock.

Scottish Secretary Alister Jack benefited from a Government-backed £2million Covid loan, the Sunday Mail can reveal.

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon walked away from questions over why her husband loaned the SNP over £100,000.

SNP Westminster leader Ian Blackford has been urged to quit after a secret recording showed him offering “absolute full support” to a sex pest colleague.

The SNP has been criticised for a “shamefully weak” response to a party MP being found guilty of sexual misconduct.

The SNP has been accused of "control freakery" after an email was mistakenly sent to all MSPs instead of just SNP members on what their questions will be in the Chamber later this week.

Health Secretary Humza Yousaf has pledged to visit Paisley's struggling hospital and meet with union leaders.

Drastic cuts to bed numbers have fuelled the challenges facing the under-pressure NHS.

Green Ministers have been dismissed as “SNP lapdogs” over their non-attendance at Cabinet meetings.

PAISLEY DAILY EXPRESS: Live news as it happensThe largest unrefunded overpayment is more than £9,200.Paisley-based MSP Neil Bibby has called on the council to "get the basics right" and return the cash to residents urgently.But the council has insisted historic amounts are "common" and finance staff make refunds as "promptly as possible".Mr Bibby, who represents West Scotland, said: "Overpayments should be returned to taxpayers as soon as possible."We are living through an unprecedented health

Join thousands of others in getting the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox.The Scottish Greens, Conservatives and Labour have all won list seats in the West Scotland region as the final result was declared at Braehead Arena this evening.Russell Findlay, Jamie Greene and Pam Gosal were elected MSPs for the Conservatives, while Neil Bibby, Katy Clark and Paul O’Kane will represent Labour at Holyrood for the next five years.It will be a second term in office for Mr Bibby and Mr

Join thousands of others in getting the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox.Protecting the Royal Alexandra Hospital will be the number one priority for Neil Bibby if he is elected next month, he has pledged.The Labour Party candidate has vowed to address what he describes as years of downgrades and under-investment at the Paisley hospital alongside a promise to tackle its £74 million repair backlog.And with the SNP deciding to close the children’s ward at the hospital two

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.The money given to NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde to carry out repairs across its entire estate is only half the “eye-watering” repair bill at the Royal Alexandra Hospital.Neil Bibby MSP has lambasted the Scottish Government for its failure to invest in the Paisley hospital after he earlier revealed the repair bill for the site stands at £76million.The total, which includes repairs to the fabric of the

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.The SNP’s continued silence around the probe into Derek Mackay is a slight on the teenager he bombarded with messages and those who voted for him.That was the message from Neil Bibby MSP, who has challenged the SNP to bring the saga to end.Disgraced Mackay resigned as Finance Minister on the eve of the Scottish budget last year after it was reported he had repeatedly text a 16-year-old boy and callied him

Paisley MSP behind the proposals.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.Neil Bibby MSP has challenged the Scottish Government to hold an inquiry into covid care homes “now, not later”.The West of Scotland MSP reiterated his call for a public inquiry days after the Scottish Parliament voted in favour of the probe getting underway immediately.The motion was agreed after government officials last week told the Express that First Minister Nicola Sturgeon had always committed to an

pub tenants a better deal with landlords. In Scotland, around 750 pubs are "tied" to a particular brewery or company, meaning tenants rent from pub owners with an obligation to purchase alcohol from a particular firm.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.Money needed to fix the multi-million pound backlog of repairs at Paisley’s Royal Alexandra Hospital must be made available, Neil Bibby MSP has demanded.Mr Bibby has written to health secretary Jeane Freeman demanding she pay out after the Express revealed the cost of upgrading the building to the standard of a new build is £76million.The total, which includes repairs to the fabric of the building and

PAISLEY DAILY EXPRESS: Live news as it happens Repair costs have spiralled, despite £21m being pumped into the hospital over the past five years.The figures were described as “eye watering” by Neil Bibby MSP, who said Renfrewshire was being forgotten about in the drive to upgrade health care across the country.The West of Scotland politician has demanded a full breakdown of the work required and called on NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde to identify urgent works needed to ensure patient and

PAISLEY DAILY EXPRESS: Live news as it happensThere were just 58 in the last week of September.To date 1,593 people in Renfrewshire have been diagnosed with the virus.The figures reflect the increased testing being carried out, but dwarf the 329 cases recorded for the whole month of April when Renfrewshire was gripped by the pandemic.The sharp increase has been dubbed “worrying” by Neil Bibby MSP after public health officials warned illegal social gatherings are continuing to contribute to the

Renfrewshire are not set to be impacted by the devastating cuts.The hospitality firm operates a number of venues in the area, including Gabriels and Craig Dhu, both in Paisley, Linwood Farm, The Flying Scotsman, in Renfrew, and The Projectionist at Braehead’s Soar.The news is a welcome reprieve for Renfrewshire’s hospitality industry, and West of Scotland MSP Neil Bibby, pictured, is relieved the area has been saved from another jobs blow.Renfrewshire is currently facing high unemployment rates

announced plans to slash 700 jobs at its Renfrewshire plant in April, said a total of 370 staff have already taken voluntary redundancy. The move has caused “irreparable harm” to the Renfrewshire economy, Neil Bibby MSP has said.

PAISLEY DAILY EXPRESS: Live news as it happens The death toll means the region remains in the top five counties worst hit by coronavirus in Scotland.It has seen many more deaths than the Scottish average.And last week Renfrewshire had three times as many deaths as Dumfries and Galloway per head of population and twice that of Perth and Kinross, Fife and Aberdeenshire.The figures have been described as “tragic” by Neil Bibby MSP.The MSP for West Scotland last month demanded the Scottish

PAISLEY DAILY EXPRESS: Live news as it happens Neil Bibby MSP urged Nicola Sturgeon to do all she could at First Minister’s Questions and Gavin Newlands MP handed in a petition and quizzed the UK aviation minister Kelly Tolhurst MP in Westminister. Read More News: Their action comes as a petition urging Nicola Sturgeon and the Scottish Government to do all it can to safeguard the jobs reached almost 20,000 signatures.Rolls-Royce announced on Wednesday it was axing 700 jobs at its Inchinnan

An MSP has demanded answers from the Scottish Government as it is revealed more people have died of coronavirus in Renfrewshire than in Australia.

Disgraced MSP Derek Mackay has been lambasted for leaving the people of Renfrewshire North and West without a voice in parliament in the middle of a global pandemic.

Pubs will go bust unless rent payments are waived during coronavirus lockdown, an MSP warned.