New figures: 84,000 Glasgow households benefit from Council Tax support

SNP GOVERNMENT SUPPORTING PEOPLE THROUGH COST OF LIVING CRISIS   New figures released by the Scottish Government have shown that in the City of Glasgow, 84,290 households were supported through the council tax reduction scheme in December 2023.   The council tax reduction scheme, which the SNP introduced in 2013, has saved Scottish households over [...]

Scottish Labour – Playing at politics and letting Glasgow down

On Thursday 16th February, Councillors met in Glasgow City Chambers to debate and agree the Glasgow City Council budget for the year ahead. It was a challenging task to balance the city’s finances while rejecting as many of the proposed cuts to services as possible. But that is the responsibility of leadership and the SNP [...]

Welcoming Languages

Welcoming Languages: Including a Refugee Language in Scottish Education is an inspiring, collaborative project based at University of Glasgow School of Education. It is delivered by an international team which also includes the Arabic Centre of the The Islamic University of Gaza الجامعة الإسلامية بغزة in Palestine. I was privileged to attend the launch of [...]

Celebrating Pride Mardi-Gla 2022!

I really enjoyed being part of the amazing Pride Mardi Gla march in Glasgow on 17 July - the first major Pride event in Europe with a theme of bisexuality. The success of this inclusive and diverse event is a wonderful tribute to the many years of campaigning and awareness raising by so many committed [...]

Place2Be at St Monica’s (Milton) Primary School

I had a great visit to St Monica's (Milton) Primary School on 10 June to see how they care for their children's mental health with the support of Place2Be. Place2Be has offered child mental health support in Scotland since 2001 and currently reaches over 48,105 pupils and their families in 58 schools. It is a [...]

First Minister confirms summit on Buffer Zones and Abortion Rights to take place in June

At First Minister's Questions on 9 June, Nicola Sturgeon repeated her commitment to ending the intimidating protests outside the Sandyford Clinic in Glasgow Kelvin, and other sexual health clinics around the country. She also committed to convening the promised summit on Buffer Zones and Abortion Rights later this month. Watch her answer a question put [...]

Race Equality and Anti-Racism in Education – Supplementary Question, 12 May 2022

In parliament on 12 May Kaukab took the opportunity to ask the Cabinet Secretary a supplementary question on the subject of Race Equality and Anti-Racism in Education. She also invited her to welcome Glasgow City Council's recent motion in favour of the decolonisation of the curriculum, and its modern studies guide now available to schools throughout [...]

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