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Stuart McMillan MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde is encouraging his constituents to consider how they can have a warmer winter, thanks to Scottish Government funding. Warmer Homes Scotland, funded by the Scottish Government, provides energy-saving home improvements including wall and loft insulation, central heating, draft proofing, and home renewables systems. Most people who get help […]
Read More…Stuart McMillan MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde visited RIG Arts on Monday (19 August 2019) as part of the nationwide Art in Action campaign, which is being spearheaded by Scottish Contemporary Art Network (SCAN). SCAN, the member-led body for contemporary visual art in Scotland, launched the Art in Action campaign to champion the valuable role […]
Read More…Today, Stuart McMillan MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde has welcomed the news that the Scottish Government is ready and willing to take Ferguson Marine into public ownership. The local SNP MSP says this will allow the ferries to be delivered, and secure continued employment of the workforce in the Port Glasgow yard. Commenting, Stuart said: […]
Read More…The Scottish Welfare Fund made 3,760 payments to people in Inverclyde in the last financial year, new figures show. A total of 1,015 Community Care Grants and 2,745 Crisis Grants were awarded in Inverclyde over the year. The money helped people with essentials such as food, heating costs and household items. The SNP introduced the […]
Read More…Stuart McMillan MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde is joining Marie Curie’s call to throw a Blooming Great Tea Party and raise money to support people living with a terminal illness and their loved ones. On Friday 23 August between 10am-12noon, Stuart is hosting a tea party in his constituency office at 26 Grey Place, Greenock, […]
Read More…Stuart McMillan MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde has welcomed a recommendation from an expert panel that would see a charge of at least 20p introduced on every disposable cup, in a bid to encourage more use of reusable alternatives. The local SNP MSP has campaigned for consumers to pay extra for using a single-use coffee […]
Read More…Stuart McMillan MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde is encouraging the public to get involved in a journey of artistic discovery and share their finds through selfies on social media – and you can find some of them in Inverclyde. As part of this CashBack for Communities campaign, artwork or installations created by young people will […]
Read More…Local MSP Stuart McMillan has heaped praise on the SNP’s announcement of a new social benefit designed to lift children across Scotland out of poverty. By the end of 2022, eligible families in Inverclyde will now receive an extra £10 a week for every child under 16 – low income families with children under the […]
Read More…Stuart McMillan MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde welcomed a report into the No Knives Better Lives (NKBL) campaign that shows the number of Scottish youths convicted of handling an offensive weapon has fallen by 85% in the past decade. Since the NKBL programme began in 2009, the amount of young people aged under 18 convicted […]
Read More…Stuart McMillan MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde has written to Link Housing Association asking for assurances that the Ravenscraig Hospital site is to be made safe for living on – in light of reports of ‘blue water’ coming from taps at two Coatbridge schools built on a former landfill site. In the letter, the local […]
Read More…SNP MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Stuart McMillan, has welcomed the news that alcohol sales in Scotland dropped by 3% last year, which coincide with the introduction of minimum unit pricing (MUP), according to a new report by NHS Health Scotland. The MESAS Monitoring Report 2019, which records sales in volume of pure alcohol, showed […]
Read More…YOUNG PEOPLE SETTING UP FOR SUCCESS AFTER SCHOOL Latest figures from the Scottish Government show that school leavers in Inverclyde continue to go on to positive destinations after finishing secondary school – with 92.3% of young people in Inverclyde going into further or higher education, employment or training nine months after leaving school. This is […]
Read More…Greenock and Inverclyde MSP Stuart McMillan visited a café with a difference on Wednesday [June 19th]. Located within the Edinburgh headquarters of sight loss charity RNIB Scotland, the Connect Community Café is staffed by people who are blind or partially sighted. As chair of the Scottish Parliament’s Cross Party Group on Visual Impairment, Stuart has […]
Read More…OVER 4,000 OVER 75s TO LOSE OUT IN INVERCLYDE SNP MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde has challenged regional Tory MSP Jamie Greene to get behind calls to stop free TV licences for over-75s being scrapped, after Tory leaders refused to sign a cross-party letter criticising the plans. Figures revealed that 4,363 of people in Inverclyde […]
Read More…MSP SAYS NEW BILL WILL “MAKE A REAL DIFFERENCE” IN INVERCLYDE MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Stuart McMillan, has given his backing to the Scottish Government’s world-leading Fuel Poverty Bill that was passed unanimously by MSPs this week [11th June]. Under the plans no more than 5% of households in Scotland will be in fuel […]
Read More…Stuart McMillan MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde met the Inver Racers team on Monday 10 June 2019 at West College Scotland’s (WCS) Greenock campus to see how they are preparing for the International Final at Silverstone in October. Over the academic year, the team of Inverclyde Academy pupils have built their own F24 racecar and […]
Read More…CONTINUED GROWTH IN SCOTLAND DESPITE WESTMINSTER SHAMBLES SNP MSP Stuart McMillan has praised new figures showing that Scotland’s employment rate has risen to 75.9% – the highest on record. Figures released by the Office for National Statistics show that Scotland’s employment rate rose to 75.9% for February to April 2019 and the unemployment rate fell […]
Read More…SNP APPROACH TO JUSTICE WORKING FOR COMMUNITIES New analysis has revealed that serious violent crime has fallen by 53% in Inverclyde in a decade. Police recorded crime figures have revealed that serious assault and attempted murder cases fell by 53% in Inverclyde between 2008/09 and 2017/18 and by 38% across Scotland. A separate study into […]
Read More…Greenock and Inverclyde MSP Stuart McMillan visited Openreach engineers working on an installation of ultrafast broadband technology for new homes in Gourock on Friday (7 June 2019). He saw a ‘full fibre’ network being built directly into the new homes near Kirn Gardens to deliver ultrafast internet connections. The future-proof, reliable services can carry speeds […]
Read More…Stuart McMillan MSP has welcomed new figures from the Scottish Football Association (SFA) that show the number of women playing football in Scotland has doubled in the past five years. The figures obtained by the SNP shows that the number of women and girls registered with the SFA has jumped from 7,126 in 2014-15 to […]
Read More…Stuart McMillan MSP attended an event run by Cancer Research UK in the Scottish Parliament recently to support the charity’s ‘Scale Down Cancer’ campaign to help prevent obesity-related cancers across Scotland. The MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde heard from Professor Linda Bauld, Cancer Research UK’s prevention expert, and met the fundraisers, volunteers and scientists from […]
Read More…Stuart McMillan MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde has welcomed the news that Inverclyde has received £1,342,029 (£1.34m) in CashBack for Communities funding since the Scottish Government Programme was introduced in 2008. The CashBack for Communities scheme reinvests criminal assets into community projects that support young people into positive destinations, diverting some away from potentially criminal […]
Read More…Greenock and Inverclyde MSP, Stuart McMillan, has today demanded urgent action from Transport Scotland to fix the abysmal road surface at Newark roundabout. The local SNP MSP has twice contacted Transport Scotland asking for the road to be repaired, but has been told that this will not happen until October as the defect is not […]
Read More…On Wednesday 8 May, Stuart McMillan MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde hosted the Federation of Small Businesses’ (FSB) Spring Reception at Holyrood celebrating the positive economic impact of migration to Scotland. The event focused on about FSB’s new research into migrant entrepreneurship and celebrated the contribution of business people not born in Scotland to our […]
Read More…Stuart McMillan MSP has lent his support to help improve the lives of people in Scotland living with terminal illness. Meeting with representatives from Marie Curie, the terminal illness charity, Stuart was interested to hear about efforts to ensure that everyone should get the care and support they need at the end of life. Marie […]
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