Council areas across Scotland are to share more than £3.2 billion in grant funding over five years to help deliver more affordable homes. As part of this, South Lanarkshire Council is to receive almost £31 million for the financial year, an increase on last year. This will take total Scottish Government affordable housing funding, over the past five for the local authority, to £156 million.
The Scottish Government is set to support an estimated 10,600 school children across South Lanarkshire – with investment totalling £700,000 – to buy school clothes through the School Clothing Grant.
A blog post about the First Minister's statement today.
Over recent months, Covid-19 and our response to it have understandably been at the forefront of everyone’s mind. However, the Scottish Parliament and the Scottish Government are continuing to take steps, across a whole range of areas, to improve the lives of people across the country.
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.
Yesterday was the day we’ve all been hoping and waiting for – the announcement of a Covid-19 vaccine. I’ve done a blog to explain, in detail, the characteristics of the vaccine, how it will be deployed, and who the priority groups are.
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.
The First Minister has today unveiled a number of tough measures to suppress Covid-19. In this blog post, I outline the changes and explain the reasons behind these decisions.
Further measures to protect the population from the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) have been announced by the First Minister today (Tuesday 22nd September) as Scotland faces an upsurge in cases.
Clare Haughey MSP 