Rutherglen MSP hopes new payments will tackle child poverty

iOS - Android However, the party's motion was voted against by those in parliament. He told Lanarkshire Live : “The refusal of the SNP-Green Government to back a swifter return to more normal, face-to-face GP appointments in Lanarkshire is extremely disappointing.

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Piers Morgan has landed himself a new job and he’s ready to ‘have some fun’ in his new gig which will be broadcast on a global platform.

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Tim Davie, the BBC’s Director-General, has said the broadcaster needs “a really serious dialogue with government” in the context of Nadine Dorries replacing Oliver Dowden as the UK’s new Culture Secretary.

EXCLUSIVE: Following its world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival, UK horror film A Banquet has sold to Signature for the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand.

READ MORE: Welsh clothes firm banned from using word 'Snowdonia' on products as English company owns trademarkHave many been deterred by the rules? Not at all. They still came out in their glamorous costumes and enjoyed the evening get-together.

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book lovers by revealing it's actually from New Zealand. For decades we have assumed the book was Scottish - a belief so widely held that it has been taught in schools and is even found in the Scottish section in bookstores and online.The book, which was published in 1983, tells the story of dog Hairy and his adventures with his animal pals.

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State Pension provides essential financial support every month for around 12.6 million people across the UK, including 981,399 Scots and for some, it is their only source of income during their retirement years. This regular payment is delivered by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and is available for those who have reached the UK Government’s eligible retirement age, which increased to 66 for both men and women in October 2020.

Labour MSP. Katie Clark MSP, who was political secretary to former leader Jeremy Corbyn, called for the UK’s nuclear deterrent to be scrapped and for workers at the Faslane site to be given “full income protection”.

First Minister was interrupted by Tess White while she was answering a question from Scottish Labour MSP Pauline McNeill about sectarian singing by Rangers fans in Glasgow on Sunday ahead of the Old Firm match. Sturgeon was visibly upset by the comment from the member for the North East region and asked if an apology could be made.The SNP leader said: "We should all come together to tackle this.

Sledgehammer Games has turned New Zealand’s national war hero into an Australian in Call Of Duty: Vanguard.The upcoming World War II shooter is set to introduce four heroes to the game who are each inspired by real-life people, including the Russian Polina Petrova, the British Arthur Kingsley, the American Wade Jackson and the Australian Lucas Riggs.However, Lucas Riggs, who is based on the real New Zealander Charles Upham, the only man to be awarded two Victoria crosses for his service in

iOS - Android The Tories’ Central Scotland list MSP Meghan Gallacher said: “The amount of Community Payback Orders cut by the SNP in Lanarkshire is absolutely staggering.“They’ve let criminals off the hook by writing off these sentences.

firearms expert caught with a sub-machine gun and a haul of other weapons hopes his involvement in a James Bond film will spare him jail. Simon Churchman was charged after police made the discovery at his then cottage in Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway on March 27, 2018.