SNP MSP Clare Haughey is encouraging consumers in Rutherglen to shop locally and support the 9,050 small businesses in the local economy. The Scottish Government is committed to supporting businesses in Scotland, including retailers, providing the most competitive package of non-domestic rates reliefs anywhere in the UK in the 2018/19 budget.

Clare used her column for this week's paper (11th April) to talk about the Scottish Government's Tackling Child Poverty Delivery Plan’ which was published at the end of last month. 

Blantyre MSP Clare Haughey met with local Paul Veverka to hand over a Scottish Parliament motion which the representative lodged celebrating the nominees, winners, and organisers of the Blantyre Oscars.

SNP MSP Clare Haughey has welcomed a range of Scottish Government proposals to tackle child poverty – including plans for a new income supplement, which will provide financial support to families who need it most. Increasing family incomes and reducing living costs are prioritised in the Tackling Child Poverty Delivery Plan, which sets out how the Scottish Government will meet ambitious legal targets to tackle child poverty.

Blantyre MSP Clare Haughey has tabled a motion to the Scottish Parliament congratulating the “nominees and winners” of the Blantyre Oscars. The award ceremony which took place on Saturday (24th March), celebrated the people of Blantyre, its voluntary and community groups, as well as local businesses for their impact on the communities of the town and further afield.

SNP MSP Clare Haughey has praised organisations from Rutherglen and Cambuslang who have been awarded bumper grants due to their efforts in cutting carbon emissions. The Climate Challenge Fund, an initiative launched by the Scottish Government to combat climate change, has helped over 1,000 projects across Scotland since its inception – with over £100 million in funding being awarded over the last decade.

On Friday 23rd, Clare officially opened ACE Place Forest Nursery in her constituency.

Further to our reports in January, Cambuslang once more played host to some special visitors from the Middle East this month. Firefighters from Palestine were in the town to train at the Scottish Fire and Rescue’s national training centre.

I used my column in this week's Rutherglen Reformer to highlight 'fair work'. Scotland’s economy remains strong and our labour market is positive - with high employment and low unemployment. However, we know that, for too many, the experience of work is not always positive.

Rutherglen MSP, Clare Haughey, has condemned house builders in the Newton Farm area of Cambuslang for not providing superfast broadband in new build developments. The SNP MSP has been campaigning on the issue of poor broadband provision in Newton Farm since her election, and has welcomed recent assurances from Openreach that one fibre cabinet in the area will be upgraded by the end of April this year, with another due to be upgraded within 12 months.