Rutherglen MSP Clare Haughey and Rutherglen South Councillor Carol Nugent have requested an urgent meeting with the Bank of Scotland after it announced its intention to close its Burnside branch.

MSP Clare Haughey is encouraging businesses in Rutherglen and Cambuslang to sign up to the voluntary Scottish Living Wage as part of Living Wage Week which runs from the 5th November to 10th November.

Rutherglen MSP Clare Haughey has slammed an announcement by the UK Government that the maximum stake on fixed-odds betting terminals will not be reduced until October next year - six months later than expected.

Rutherglen MSP Clare Haughey has welcomed the news that six local schools have been the recipients of sportscotland’s School Sport Awards. Funded by the National Lottery, the sportscotland School Sport Award encourages schools to continuously improve physical education and school sport opportunities. The award also promotes sporting links between schools and the communities around them.

Local MSP Clare Haughey has welcomed the news that Channel 4 is to establish a new base in Glasgow. Announced on the 31st October, the Channel 4 Board confirmed that Leeds will be the site of the channel’s new National Headquarters whilst Bristol and Glasgow will be the locations of two new Creative Hubs.

With winter closing in, local MSP Clare Haughey is reminding constituents to ensure their homes are ready for anything the cold weather might bring.

Rutherglen MSP Clare Haughey and piper John Paton are encouraging people to attend events taking place at the Rutherglen Cenotaph marking the centenary of the end of the First World.

Clare comments on the disappointing closure of the 2 Sisters plant in Cambuslang.

Rutherglen MSP Clare Haughey has said local people will continue to feel the squeeze following the Chancellor’s Budget statement on Monday (29th October). The Conservative Government at Westminster unveiled their final planned budget before the UK is set to leave the European Union next March.