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SNP GOVERNMENT HANDS OUT £2.2 MILLION TO SUPPORT GRASSROOTS MUSIC MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Stuart McMillan, has welcomed news that McGeoch’s Music Bar will receive emergency funding support from the SNP Government. Launched earlier this month, the £2.2 million fund is aimed at providing grassroots live music venues with the emergency funds to help […]
Read More…SNP GOVERNMENT DELIVERING FOR SCOTLAND WHILE TORIES FAIL ON BROADBAND COMMITMENT Local MSP Stuart McMillan has welcomed new figures that show a huge boost to connectivity in Inverclyde, thanks to significant investment from the SNP Government. According to the latest coverage statistics from Thinkbroadband, 97.6% of properties in Inverclyde are now connected to superfast broadband […]
Read More…Today, Stuart McMillan MSP will lead a Member’s Debate on a Museum for Human Rights being located in his Greenock and Inverclyde constituency. The SNP MSP has proposed the Sugar Sheds at James Watt Dock in Greenock as a prime location, given the sugar trade’s connection to the transatlantic slave trade. He has also highlighted […]
Read More…Greenock and Inverclyde MSP Stuart McMillan and Port Glasgow Councillor Chris Curley have renewed their calls for an extra train service on the Glasgow to Wemyss Bay line. The service currently only runs once an hour, compared with the four trains an hour along the Gourock line. Stuart and Chris have brought forward suggestions about […]
Read More…YOUTH GUARANTEE TO HELP YOUNG PEOPLE IN INVERCLYDE SUCCEED SNP MSP Stuart McMillan has welcomed a new £60 million Youth Guarantee announced in the Programme for Government, which guarantees everyone in Inverclyde aged 16-24, a job, a place in education or a place in training. The new partnership between the Scottish Government and Scotland’s employers […]
Read More…SNP GOVERNMENT’S ‘JOB START PAYMENT’ NOW OPEN TO APPLICATIONS Local MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Stuart McMillan, has welcomed a new Scottish benefit introduced today that will help 16 to 24-year olds into work if they have been unemployed for over six months. The SNP Scottish Government’s Job Start Payment is a one-off grant of […]
Read More…Greenock and Inverclyde’s MSP, Stuart McMillan, has commented on Scottish Welfare Fund payments rising to £37.6 million to support people and families in low incomes in times of need. In the 12 months to 31 March 2020, Scottish Welfare Fund payments included £12.9 million in Crisis Grants – up 24% – and £24.7 million on […]
Read More…LOCAL MSP PRAISES SNP GOVERNMENT’S AMBITIOUS ‘SPACES FOR PEOPLE’ INITIATIVE MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Stuart McMillan, has said that £585,000 for Inverclyde Council will help normalise the increasing number of people walking or cycling in the local area. In partnership with Sustrans Scotland, the SNP Government has now awarded nearly £30 million to pop-up […]
Read More…New figures show that 929 businesses in Inverclyde have received support from the Scottish Government to support them through the coronavirus crisis. A total of £10.27 million has been awarded to businesses in Inverclyde through a Scottish Government scheme designed to support small businesses and the retail, hospitality and leisure sector. Across Scotland, over 83,000 […]
Read More…Children in Inverclyde eligible for free school meals will be among those who continue to be supported over the summer through a package of £27.6 million of additional funding from the Scottish Government. Inverclyde Council will receive £294,000 funding from the SNP government to support the continued provision of free school meals during the summer […]
Read More…NEW FIGURES SHOW HALF A BILLION IN EXTRA SPENDING LAST YEAR Stuart McMillan MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde has welcomed new figures showing spending on education in Inverclyde rose by £9,216,000 last year. The figures show councils spent £547 million more on education in 2019-20 than the previous year – a real terms spending increase […]
Read More…SNP GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCE £50 MILLION PACKAGE TO IMPROVE ATTAINMENT MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Stuart McMillan, has said pupils living in Inverclyde’s most deprived communities will benefit from targeted funding from the Attainment Scotland Fund to help close the poverty-related attainment gap. Inverclyde Council will receive a £3,467,107 investment from the SNP Scottish Government to […]
Read More…Stuart McMillan MSP has welcomed the news that £300,000 worth of Scottish Government funding will go towards supporting young carers across Scotland during the pandemic. This support is part of the £350 million communities funding to help people and communities affected by COVID-19. Young Scot will receive £200,000 to provide online subscriptions and e-vouchers for […]
Read More…Local SNP MSP Stuart McMillan has welcomed an initial £785,000 funding to help the social care sector in Inverclyde deal with the financial implications of coronavirus. The Scottish Government confirmed the funding as part of a £50 million package for the sector across the country. The funding will help address immediate challenges faced in the […]
Read More…Today (30 April 2020), applications opened for the Scottish Government’s £100 million package of additional grant support for small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) and newly self-employed people. This funding will be delivered through three separate funds that will be administered by local authorities and Scotland’s enterprise agencies. Support includes a £34 million hardship fund for […]
Read More…SNP MSP Stuart McMillan has welcomed new figures showing that 481 businesses in Inverclyde have received Scottish Government grants to support firms through the coronavirus crisis. Inverclyde Council has awarded a total of £5.4m through a Scottish Government scheme to support small businesses and the retail, hospitality and leisure sector. This grant support is worth […]
Read More…Stuart McMillan MSP has welcomed an initial study to review all traffic signals in the Greenock area after he contacted Transport Scotland about the sequencing of traffic lights in the constituency. The review will examine traffic flows, signal apparatus, infrastructure layouts and signal timings across Greenock. The Greenock and Inverclyde MSP had raised specific concerns […]
Read More…Stuart McMillan MSP led a Member’s Debate in the Scottish Parliament on Tuesday 10 March 2020 to highlight some of the issues people with visual impairments face when trying to access health care. Key findings from RNIB Scotland’s latest report, Communication Failure? A review of the accessibility of health information for blind and partially sighted […]
Read More…On Thursday 27 February, Stuart McMillan MSP received confirmation from the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport that the Scottish Ambulance Service (SAS) is receiving investment as part of the Scottish trauma network redesign. The SNP MSP asked the Health Secretary, Jeane Freeman MSP, how she was ensuring local ambulance provision would not be disadvantaged […]
Read More…CARER’S ALLOWANCE SUPPLEMENT HELPS THOUSANDS IN INVERCLYDE Thousands of carers in Inverclyde have benefitted from Carer’s Allowance Supplement (CAS) payments of up to £452 a year, introduced by the Scottish Government. New figures show that 1,930 carers in Inverclyde have received CAS payments since the payment was introduced in September 2018. The Carer’s Allowance Supplement […]
Read More…STRONG START FOR SCOTTISH NATIONAL INVESTMENT BANK Stuart McMillan MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde has said that SNP Budget plans to ensure a strong start for the Scottish National Investment Bank, and its mission to drive the transition to a net zero economy, will encourage economic growth across Inverclyde. The 2020/21 Budget, set out by […]
Read More…A total of 1,500 families in Inverclyde have benefitted from new welfare payments introduced by the Scottish Government. The Scottish Government opened the Best Start Grant for applications in December 2018, which provides parents or carers who get certain benefits or tax credits with financial support during the key early years of a child’s life. […]
Read More…Stuart McMillan MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde has welcomed today’s Scottish Budget announcement – which contains record investment for health and social care. The local SNP MSP has praised the “vision and leadership” of the budget despite being set against the backdrop of heightened uncertainty and risk, due to the UK Government delaying the UK […]
Read More…Local SNP MSP Stuart McMillan has welcomed the news that Inverclyde Council are set to develop a ‘special business case’ for the area to receive additional funding from the Scottish Government. This follows the latest publication of the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD) statistics, which now put a data zone covering Greenock town centre […]
Read More…Stuart McMillan MSP has welcomed several improvements that have taken place in Inverclyde following his drive-around with Transport Scotland in September 2019, which highlighted numerous issues transport issues locally. The local SNP MSP hosted senior officials from Transport Scotland and Scotland Transerv for a tour around Inverclyde highlighting a variety of issues regarding the local […]
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