Rutherglen’s Labour MP has been criticised for voting against an amendment at Westminster calling for the two-child benefit cap to be scrapped.

Rutherglen MSP Clare Haughey has written to the UK’s new energy secretary, Ed Miliband, asking him to personally intervene after residents in Newton Farm experienced yet another power cut.

The number of women attending breast cancer screening appointments is at the highest ever level across Lanarkshire.

Women born in the 1950s affected by changes to the state pension age are owed compensation, the UK’s Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO) has said.

New figures released by the Scottish Government have shown that over 30,000 South Lanarkshire households were supported through the Council Tax Reduction (CTR) scheme in December 2023.

Local MSP Clare Haughey visited the Rutherglen branch of Virgin Money to learn about their National Databank programme.

Parents, carers, and young people from Cambuslang and Blantyre took their campaign to save free school transport provision to South Lanarkshire Council’s headquarters in Hamilton.

A ban on greyhound racing has moved a step closer with an MSP launching a consultation which could lead to new legislation making it illegal to hold races in Scotland.

The Scottish Government have confirmed to Rutherglen MSP Clare Haughey that Clyde Gateway will receive £1 million in capital funding for the 2024/25 financial year.

South Lanarkshire Leisure and Culture (SLLC) are currently consulting on proposals to withdraw from a number of facilities across the local authority area.