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those who are spending their cash here.” At the same meeting, South Lanarkshire’s Covid recovery board also agreed a working group should be established to agree a new policy on parking charges, including reintroducing pay on exit at Duke Street car park and a potential free period of parking for town centre shoppers.The changes follow a review conducted by Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse MSP Christina McKelvie and Lanark and Hamilton East MP Angela Crawley into Hamilton town centre which called for changes to the council’s parking management policy in Hamilton.Councillor Josh Wilson (Hamilton South), member of the recovery board, said: “Time after time, the people of Hamilton have told us that the current parking charges in place

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.Larkhall politicians wrote to TSB bosses calling for an urgent meeting to discuss their decision to close the local branch.Angela Crawley MP and Christina McKelvie MSP are calling on officials to reconsider the move in light of the current situation.Lanark and Hamilton East MP Ms Crawley said: “Businesses across Scotland have been hit hard by coronavirus and the banks are no exception.“A face-to-face banking service in the local community is essential for my constituents – particularly at a time when many are already feeling isolated.“TSB must rethink this decision to close our local branch and help our high streets recover from this pandemic.

Perth-based sensory impairment charity has welcomed the news that blind and partially sighted people can be guided out in public by someone not in their household. It follows a Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) Scotland survey showing that one in four said they did not have someone in the same household who could guide them.

Join thousands of others who have signed up for the Daily Record newsletter.Politicians from various parties say they will join together once more to fight against the decision by First Bus.The SNP’s Christina McKelvie, Angela Crawley and Margaret Ferrier have written to First Glasgow demanding an urgent meeting to highlight the demand that exists for the X1 service and the damage that cancellation would cause to those returning to work from Hamilton and the surrounding area as lockdown eases.Ms McKelvie – MSP for Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse – said: “For First Glasgow to cut the X1 service without any consultation with the community is entirely unacceptable.”For many people in my constituency this service is an absolute lifeline and

Rutherglen MP Margaret Ferrier joined politicians from across South Lanarkshire to celebrate International Women’s Day (IWD) recently.

Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse MSP Christina McKelvie has promised to do everything she can to fight inequality among black and other minority ethnic people in Scotland.The Equalities Minister said the Scottish Government has taken steps to tackle racism but “we need to make much greater progress”.She spoke in the Scottish Parliament last week as the world continued to react to the death of George Floyd who died in Minneapolis, Minnesota, when a police officer pressed down on his neck.Ms McKelvie called for more representation from ethnic minorities in Parliament, public boards and workplaces, saying: ”The people are there; we just need to make sure that we encourage that participation, then we can change some of those structural

Councils will get more support to deal with increased levels of domestic abuse and gender-based violence during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.New guidance developed in partnership with COSLA will help women and children continue to get the best support that they deserve.The guidance assists in identifying women and children at risk as well as the steps they can take to support their recovery and wellbeing.This is part of a range of measures introduced to tackle higher levels of abuse and violence, including a £1.5 million funding package for the Women’s Aid and Rape Crisis network.Equalities Minister Christina McKelvie said: “I am both saddened and shocked that domestic abuse has increased during this lockdown period.“It is

Calls for a post-coronavirus blueprint for Hamilton have been welcomed by local politicians.