Rutherglen MSP Clare Haughey is encouraging people to shop small and local all year round on the back of the annual Small Business Saturday campaign. Small Business Saturday, which took place on December 2, is now in its sixth year in the UK, and in 2017 an estimated £748m was spent with small businesses on the campaign day.

Rutherglen MSP Clare Haughey has renewed calls for an immediate halt to Universal Credit after it was revealed that councils are spending millions of pounds attempting to undo the damage of the ‘failed’ UK Government policy.

Rutherglen MSP Clare Haughey and Rutherglen South Councillor Carol Nugent have been advised that the Bank of Scotland will definitely be closing their Burnside branch early next year.

Clare Haughey MSP visited a local Tesco store to support the company’s food collection drive. Last weekend, more than 2,600 Tesco stores across the UK, including both Rutherglen and Burnside branches, held their annual food collection for people in need this Christmas – the biggest in the UK

Rutherglen MSP Clare Haughey has welcomed news that 94% of workers in the Rutherglen and Hamilton West UK parliamentary constituency earn above the national minimum wage – with Scots the least likely to be on minimum wage jobs in the UK.

MSP Clare Haughey has welcomed the announcement of a new campaign to encourage women in Scotland to get involved in politics, and stand for election. The #ScotWomenStand campaign, a partnership between the Parliament Project and YCWA Scotland, marks 100 years since some women were allowed to vote and women were able to stand for election.

Clare Haughey MSP joined with HIV Scotland to mark World AIDS Day in the Scottish Parliament this week, and to celebrate the launch of the new book, ‘Disclosures: Rewriting the Narrative About HIV’.

Due to the Christmas period, Rutherglen MSP Clare Haughey has slightly altered her advice surgery schedule for December.

Clare met with representatives of First Bus to mark the delivery of a batch of brand new double decker buses for use on the service 18 route. Service 18 links Rutherglen with Glasgow City Centre, as well as Bridgeton, Dalmarnock, Burnside, Cathkin and East Kilbride.

Rutherglen MSP Clare Haughey and Rutherglen South Councillor Carol Nugent are to meet with representatives of the Bank of Scotland to discuss the proposed closure of the branch in Burnside. Scheduled for the 10th December, the elected representatives are to hold discussions in Rutherglen with the bank’s local director and a member of their public affairs team.