Top Glasgow North East virologist June Hart who grew up in near Alexandra Park discovered the first human coronavirus. She started her career working at GRI & became a pioneer of viral imaging. Great story of her career. 👇
No other
@theSNP
MPs were taken in this debate but
@AnneMcLaughlin
made it clear that these attacks on freedom would not be happening if the decisions were taken in an Independent Scotland
👏 A massive thank you to
@libertyhq
and
@BIHRhumanrights
for briefing MPs and staff this morning on the
#BillOfRights
➡️It's so important to know just how dangerous ripping up the
#HumanRightsAct
will be, and how no corner of our lives will be untouched by its removal
There is no excuse for a resident of
@GlasgowHousing
to have been waiting over 600 days for repairs and the lack of engagement with our office has forced
@AnneMcLaughlin
to publicly call out this disgrace
Been a busy two years in
@AnneMcLaughlin
's office and while the work is never done it has been great to be able to help and support so many people across Glasgow North East
💛 We are loving this move from Glasgow City Council to scrap school meal debt during this tough time
Mitigating against austerity, the cost of living crisis and soaring energy bills is not an easy task - this is the kind of action that REALLY helps people
👦 During a cost of living crisis
@theSNP
administration is helping families by committing to write-off school meal debt where that is over the equivalent of one month's meals.
💛An emotional
#FMQs
today - we just wanted to mark the day by saying a massive thank you to
@NicolaSturgeon
for everything she achieved as FM
🙏
#Sturgeon
🌍🙏
@AnneMcLaughlin
was pleased to host the
@GazaFamReunited
campaign group in Westminster today
It's hard to imagine just how awful the situation on the ground in
#Gaza
is until you hear first hand from people who have family members trapped there
➡️
Drug law in the UK needs reformed and
@AnneMcLaughlin
has lodged an amendment to move away from a criminal justice approach and take a public health approach.
It's 8 yrs since UK signed the Istanbul Convention. SNP Shadow Spokesperson for Women
@AnneMcLaughlin
calls on UK govt to ratify now, "Ministers must stop letting women and girls down in the face of violence & ratify the Istanbul Convention."
#ICChange
Reconviction rates are at a 21 year low in Scotland,
@AnneMcLaughlin
asked the justice minister if he would consider a similar community justice approach given its success in Scotland.
Glasgow has a history of opposing the inhumanity of the Home Office and
@AnneMcLaughlin
spoke about
@theSNP
Glasgow list candidate
@RozaSalih
yesterday and her fight against the deportation of a friend
📺 Yesterday
@AnneMcLaughlin
tried to ask Women and Equalities Minister
@KemiBadenoch
if equality impact assessments were carried out before forcing
#prepayment
meters on customers with
#disabilities
➡️This will now be a written parliamentary question for the Minister to answer
I am outside the High Court in London where
@DetentionAction
wait to see if their bid to stop the removal of vulnerable
#refugees
to
#Rwanda
will be successful. Keep fighting everyone, they need and deserve our support.
#RefugeesWelcome
The idea of using the Navy to push back boats containing vulnerable people and putting their lives at risk is as ridiculous as it is cruel,
@AnneMcLaughlin
pressed the minister today on the plans for this being rumoured in the press.
Last week
@AnneMcLaughlin
wrote to BBC DG Tim Davie to call for the BBC to withdraw the series on Reeva Steenkamp's murderer. No reply yet but we will keep you updated. Also suggested they get guidance from
@ZTScotland
or others on reporting/commenting on
#VAW
People have until 18th August to claim pension credits to be eligible for the £650 cost of living payment. You can call the number on the leaflet below or call
@agescotland
on 0800 12 44 222 and they will be able to tell you if you are eligible to claim or not.
🎥 Yesterday
@AnneMcLaughlin
asked the outgoing Home Secretary
@pritipatel
to give the go ahead for a 'Safe Drug Consumption Room Pilot' - a plan supported by the Royal College of Nurses, amongst others
Even as she departs office she was unable to give a clear answer
This week the last bank in Glasgow North East closed and even switched off the cash machine. Banks were bailed out using public money and now they are bailing on communities across the country.
💛
@AnneMcLaughlin
was happy to support calls for continued relief for Pakistan during extreme weather events and natural catastrophes
We simply can't ignore the drastic effects of climate change
Thanks to
@Afzal4Gorton
for hosting this important awareness event in Parliament
🟡EASTERHOUSE - Cost of Living Event with
@DavidLinden
This Saturday we'll be joined by some wonderful organisations to give you the best possible advice and help during this cost of living crisis
📆Sat 16th March
⏰12pm - 3pm
📍The Lochs Shopping Centre | G34 9DT
💛Once again a huge thank you to everyone for helping out and coming along to
@AnneMcLaughlin
's 8th
#costofliving
event
There are more planned, but we'd love to hear from you if you have any ideas on how we can improve these events for you
see for more!
💛 Today is
@mariecurieuk
's National
#DayOfReflection
👨👧 A day to remember those we have sadly lost along the way, whether it be family, friends, neighbours or colleagues, and support those who are grieving
🕛 We will be taking part in the national minute's silence at noon
🗣Watch
@AnneMcLaughlin
highlight the news that
@ScottishPower
are applying for warrants to force-fit prepayment meters on customers struggling with debt despite Ofgem still prohibiting the practice - they are clearly only doing this to intimidate vulnerable customers into paying
📢
@AnneMcLaughlin
hears from constituents who have had their direct debit payments hiked by
#energy
suppliers, despite already having hundreds of pounds worth of credit in their accounts
🛑This has to STOP🛑
🙏We hope
@DrewHendrySNP
’s
#ItsYourMoney
campaign is successful
Families across Glasgow where children are in receipt of free school meals will receive an additional one-off winter holiday payment of £177.50 per child paid directly to back accounts.
@AnneMcLaughlin
💛
@AnneMcLaughlin
is giving a MASSIVE shout out this
#VolunteersWeek
to.....
⭐️ Unstoppable volunteers, befrienders, mentors, drivers, gardeners, mental health supporters,
#YouthSocialAction
ambassadors and so many others
⏰ The deadline for
#PensionCredit
applications to get the additional £324
#costofliving
payment is coming soon!
📢 18th December
➡️ If you, or someone you know, is eligible for
#PensionCredit
then apply now!!
Details below➡️
Thanks to everyone who attended
@AnneMcLaughlin
's surgeries today. For obvious reasons we don't post photos with constituents at surgeries but good to have Cllr
@RuairiKelly_
with us for part of the day.
Last week
@AnneMcLaughlin
moved a Private Members' Bill on cracking down on the antisocial use of off-road vehicles, which cause chaos in communities and have taken the lives of people in Glasgow.
✊
@AnneMcLaughlin
was pleased to head along to the
@PCS_Scotland
picket line at Springburn JCP this morning
🗣️Members told Anne all about their concerns - not just on pay and pensions, but about their jobs, the local community and the service they provide
#PCSonStrike
🙏Today
@theSNP
will put forward their motion for a
#CeasefireNOW
in
#Gaza
@UKLabour
are playing political games - that shouldn't be the news!
The news should be that we have finally forced the UK Govt to join our international partners in calling for a
#ceasefire
💛 Great to see
@VersusArthritis
Parliamentary reception yesterday afternoon
@AnneMcLaughlin
was delighted to show her support for people living with arthritis and waiting for joint replacement surgery
💛
@AnneMcLaughlin
is delighted to support
@BipolarUK
They do such great work in raising awareness and getting the conversation moving on diagnosing and living with bipolar
➡️ It’s worth asking: ‘Could it be bipolar?’
#letstalkbipolar
🙏 Please share this post for the public meeting on
#Gaza
being held in
#Dennistoun
this Friday
📆Fri 3rd May
⏰6:30pm
📍Dennistoun New Parish Church | G31 2UU
with
@Dr_PhilippaW
and Dr Ibriham Khadra (Chair of the Palestinian community Scotland)
#Palestine
|
#GazaFamine
I have organised a public meeting on Gaza on Friday bec the 1200+ constituents who wrote to me sounded so distressed and I know they are feeling powerless. This will let us get together, hear from people in the know and figure out how we can do more. Pls share and pls come along.
🔴 The
#BillofRights
will return sooner rather than later - but
@AnneMcLaughlin
is ready for it
This bill threatens our fundamental
#HumanRights
, rights we rely on every single day, even if we're not aware they are there protecting us!
➡️
🚨 The big
#energy
firms hit suggesting that stopping the
#forced
transfer to
#prepayment
meters for customers experiencing difficulties will mean higher bills for everyone else
Nothing to do with them making more money from
#prepayment
customers who pay higher charges then?
✅Fantastic to see
@deankirby_
's tenacious reporting on the forcible transfer to
#prepayment
meters getting the front page today
The Govt must act now and look seriously at the pre-payment meter scandal - it was -5° in Glasgow this morning!
#prepaymentmeters
|
#energy
This is a great first step off the back of
@AnneMcLaughlin
's campaign for fairness and equality for those using prepaid meters. This is the difference
@theSNP
MP's are making for those being unfairly treated during this cost of living crisis
🔴 BREAKING: The Government has ordered
#energy
firms to stop the 'harmful and anxiety inducing' practice of forcing struggling families on to prepayment meters – following an investigation by
@theipaper
💷 We are urging all pensioners in
#GlasgowNorthEast
to put in a claim for
#PensionCredit
by 18th August 2022 or risk missing out on £650 of extra help towards the cost of living this year.
Please check your entitlement here 👉
📰
@AnneMcLaughlin
was happy to sign a cross-party letter from disability rights campaigners
@Scope
📢Calling on the Government to support disabled people by introducing a
#SocialTariff
and bringing forward
#costofliving
Payments.
➡️Disabled people cannot wait any longer
🎉
@SpiritOSpring
are hosting a family friendly cultural gala day 💛
📍 Springburn Way G21 1TS
📆 Sat August 13th
🕗 11am - 3pm
✅ FREE
So much on and something for everyone
Please head over and support this great local event
#GlasgowNorthEast
#GNE
🏴 We are wishing everyone a very Happy
#StAndrewsDay
🎉
A great day to remind ourselves, and tell the world, what an amazing country we live in 🏴
#standrews
|
#GlasgowNorthEast
➡️ Pre-payment Meter Self-disconnection ⬅️
📢
@AnneMcLaughlin
asks "If anyone in this chamber is asked to choose debt or death for their constituents, who among us would not choose debt as the lesser of two evils?"
Let's stop
#Prepayment
#SelfDisconnection
📻Listen in to
@AnneMcLaughlin
on yesterday's
@TimesRadio
drivetime with
@ayeshahazarika
"I think most people in Scotland care about history and care about the Stone of Destiny, but they care more about what’s going to put food on the table for their children"
#Coronation2023
👇
@AnneMcLaughlin
tried to get a question into
@grantshapps
today to ask how we would be assisting organisations like
@TSPNOnline
with rising energy costs‼️
➡️A food pantry needs to preserve food in high cost fridges and freezers - they simply can't afford sky high bills‼️
This week
@AnneMcLaughlin
spoke in a debate in Westminster Hall on undocumented migrants and explained how many people find themselves in this situation through the extortionate fees charged by the UK gov. Full speech here
Today, we're delivering an open letter, signed by 77 MPs and Lords from across the political spectrum, to the Prime Minister
@RishiSunak
@10DowningStreet
, calling on the Government to improve roadside facilities for HGV and coach drivers.
#driverfacilities
Read below 👇
✅
@AnneMcLaughlin
was happy to sign EDM 893 calling for zero VAT to be applied to
#audiobooks
, in order to match that which already exists for e-books and physical books
🔊Audio books are so important to people with visual impairments
💜We're joining
@alzscot
in marking Dementia Awareness Week 2023
#DAW23
Please watch and share Stuart, Ruth, Kevin and Sean's stories at the link below
➡️
💛 How amazing to see artwork from
@Elmvaleprimary
brightening up
#Springburn
Shopping Centre
We love to see these spaces being used for projects like this!
Well done to all the pupils who contributed - it really made our day 👏
📢
@AnneMcLaughlin
is campaigning to outlaw so called "self-disconnection" for anyone on a pre-payment
#energy
meter
Please share this video as far as you can and let's make sure everyone is treated equally, regardless of how you pay your
#energybills
📺 It was great to see
@BBCNews
feature
@AnneMcLaughlin
's reaction to the Deputy PM's statement on the atrocious
#BillOfRights
earlier today
"We have a tale of two countries - Scotland embedding
#HumanRights
into all of it's legislation and this Govt stripping it away...."
👀👇