Rutherglen MSP Clare Haughey has challenged the UK Government to use the autumn Budget to reverse rising levels of poverty in the UK – as the Trussell Trust published new figures showing record foodbank usage in the UK.

Rutherglen’s MSP has added her voice to the growing calls for a ceasefire in Gaza to allow a humanitarian corridor to open.

Households across the Rutherglen and Hamilton West constituency in receipt of Universal Credit are losing £333,000 every month due to UK government claw backs.

Women experiencing domestic abuse will be able to receive up to £1,000 from a new pilot fund to pay for the essentials they need when leaving a relationship with an abusive partner.

Local MSP Clare Haughey visited MDH Recruitment in Rutherglen to pay tribute to their recent successes at a number of award ceremonies.

Rutherglen MSP Clare Haughey has welcomed an announcement from the First Minister that council tax rates will be frozen in the next financial year to support people struggling with the effects of high UK inflation.

The UK Government has rejected pleas from Rutherglen’s MSP to introduce support to help local residents hit hard by the cost of living crisis.

Research by Marie Curie and Loughborough University Centre for Research in Social Policy has examined the number of people who die in poverty in Scotland, and across the UK, each year, and how the risk of being in poverty at the end of life varies for different groups.

Local MSP Clare Haughey has welcomed the news that a pay deal has been agreed for all police officers – as well as those who work in child and social care.

19,115 children in South Lanarkshire have benefitted from the Scottish Child Payment, according to the latest figures released by the Scottish Government - with £21,384,600 having been paid to families in the local authority area.