Airdrie & Coatbridge Advertiser - Tag - scottish government

Whitefield calls for scrapping of online public notice plan

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

KAREN Whitefield insists that the Scottish Government should withdraw their controversial public notices plan after suffering parliamentary defeat.

Fury over crime super-campus plans in Gartcosh

Wed, 13 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT

SCOTTISH LABOUR have called on the Scottish Government to get on with building the crime super campus at Gartcosh after it emerged that the majority of staff will not move into the facility until 2013, some three years behind schedule.

MSP Elaine Smith's bus concerns

Wed, 13 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT

COATBRIDGE and Chryston MSP Elaine Smith is calling on the bus industry to respond to passengers' concerns.

Karen Whitefield hits out at lack of school funding

Wed, 30 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT

KAREN Whitefield has hit out after learning that no North Lanarkshire primaries will benefit from improvements under a £1.25 million Holyrood scheme.

Women offenders need support to prevent reoffending

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

MORE action needs to be taken by the Scottish Government and other public bodies to prevent re-offending by female offenders, says local Tory MSP Margaret Mitchell.

MSP backs weekly papers

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 23:00:00 GMT

A MONKLANDS MSP has condemned Scottish Government plans to remove public notice advertising from local newspapers.

Tories urge government to invest in town centres

Wed, 28 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

CENTRAL Scotland Conservative MSP Margaret Mitchell is urging the Scottish Government to give local authorities a percentage of the business rate revenue to regenerate local town centres.

National standards award for Airdrie CAB

Wed, 21 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

AIRDRIE Citizens Advice Bureau are to receive a prestigious National Standards Award from the Scottish Government.

Mercy service staffing boost on way

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 23:00:00 GMT

A MAJOR funding programme by the Scottish Government will go towards improving Monklands’ ambulance services.

Kids benefit from drug dealers’ cash

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 23:00:00 GMT

CASH confiscated from drug dealers and other crooks has been used to benefit kids in Monklands.