Today is Equal Pay Day

It's 50 years since the Equal Pay Act. Do we have equal pay? Nope. Not always. That needs to change. Thanks to the Fawcett Society for the mask named The Jemison after Carol Mae Jemison, a scientist, medic and the first black woman to travel to space. 

The Talisman in Springburn is on its way down

We have been fighting for this for so long. The community has been fighting for it for over 20 years. The Labour controlled council did NOTHING about it. They let it lie in ruins, a blight on the landscape for longer than one of my colleagues who fought for this, SNP councillor Christina Cannon, has been alive. It is disgraceful.

But now, the SNP council who have been supportive of our insistence that it is demolished have put the plans in place to make sure it happens. The day that comes down will be of huge significance to Springburn. It's the day that we say actually you DO matter, your environment matters and your wishes matter. 

Somehow Labour will still try to take the credit / pick holes / point the finger. I don't care. I just want it gone and Springburn to get the attention it deserves.

You can read about it here. 

SNP leader at Westminster fights for 'The Excluded'

Many of us in the SNP have been speaking up about The Excluded which is the term for the millions of people who didn't benefit from furlough or the Self Employed support available. Having Ian BLACKFORD raise it at Prime Minister's Questions puts more pressure on the UK Government to do something. If you're affected by this have a look at the website for The Excluded. 

£20 uplift MUST be added to ALL benefits, not just one

My constituents deserve justice

I PUT PRESSURE ON THE UK GOVERNMENT FOR PERMANENT TORY U-TURN ON UNIVERSAL CREDIT CUTS

Today I called AGAIN for the £20 UC uplift to stay and be extended to legacy benefits. You can read all about it here.

Why is the UK government body the DWP forcing staff to work from the office AGAINST UK and Scottish Government rules?

This is a speech I made on 22 October having spent three weeks trying to speak to someone at the DWP. It's not good enough but worse is the actual substance of what I'm talking about.

In summary both governments have been telling people since 23rd September 'if you can work from home, you must work from home' and yet, the UK government body, the Department of Work and Pensions is forcing people who DO work from home, to come into the office.

In the one office I'm referring to ten people have tested positive for COVID 19 in the last two weeks.

This clip was part of a longer speech about Covid 19 so this bit is just about the DWP. I followed it up with a letter to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions. I will not let up on this.