Clare Haughey MSP has welcomed the Scottish Government’s 2021/2022 Programme for Government as an “ambitious” plan to begin the recovery from the pandemic.

Rutherglen and Cambuslang MSP Clare Haughey has joined the campaign to encourage local businesses to sign up to a new gift card scheme that aims to keep spending local.

More than 6,000 children in South Lanarkshire have benefited from the Scottish Government’s new Scottish Child Payment according to the latest official statistics – totalling over £1 million in spend.

New analysis released on the 26th August 2021 shows that almost half of families with children in the Rutherglen Westminster Constituency are set to become poorer.

The search is on for a Local Hero in the Rutherglen Constituency who has made a positive difference to the lives of others.

The pandemic has put enormous pressure on households, communities and local services right across Scotland, and I am glad that the Scottish Government has ensured South Lanarkshire has more funding to deal with this.

Today, the Cabinet Secretary for Health announced that, if safety approval is given, the first round of vaccinations against coronavirus could be delivered in Scotland as early as next month.

Health and social care services across Lanarkshire are to receive an additional £73 million from the Scottish Government to support the local response to the coronavirus pandemic and prepare for winter.

Rutherglen MSP Clare Haughey has urged the BBC to row back on their decision to stop broadcasting the First Minister’s Covid-19 briefings. The BBC announced earlier this month that it was no longer going to televise the press conferences and, instead, show them online and only occasionally on television.

Rutherglen MSP Clare Haughey is encouraging local residents to download the new ‘Protect Scotland’ app - to help slow the spread of coronavirus and support the easing of lockdown restrictions.