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A Central Scotland MSP says 2023 must be the year "the right to food is enshrined in law", as figures show foodbank use has soared in North Lanarkshire.

A former Scottish Labour leader has slammed Keir Starmer for ditching his £28 billion a year green spending plans.

Labour will not allow self-identification for trans people if it wins the next general election despite the policy being supported by its MSPs.

A Central Scotland MSP has written to new transport minister Kevin Stewart urging him to reject ScotRail’s plans to reduce staffing at rail ticket offices in North Lanarkshire.

Richard Leonard MSP is calling on the Scottish Government intervention to help save the jobs of more than 50 workers at a waste management company in Shotts.

A Central Scotland MSP has shared his “serious concerns” about council budget cuts and is calling for the Scottish Government to use tax and revenue-gathering powers to boost local authority funds.

Scottish Labour support for the Government’s gender recognition bill is “very fragile” after robust discussions on the plans.

NHS Lanarkshire officials led a visit to the new Monklands Hospital site as they updated local politicians on the latest with the £400 million new-build project.

An MSP pleaded with Falkirk Council on behalf of a landscaping business who were in a "distressing situation" waiting for a decision from the council's planning committee.

SNP ministers have been called on to use an underspend to pay compensation to miners wronged during the bitter strike of the 1980s.

Labour candidates in Coatbridge & Chryston were joined by the area’s MSPs as they officially launched their campaign for next month’s council elections.

Miners pardoned for historic convictions linked to strikes should not receive compensation from the Scottish Government, the Justice Secretary has said.

North Lanarkshire Council’s leader says the recent reduction in universal credit “will result in more people living in poverty” in the area – and says a ministerial response to his letter on the issue was “very disappointing”.

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar has said the pro-independence side would lose a referendum if one was held tomorrow.

A Central Scotland MSP has said the company behind the planned EuroPark development must "put the views of local people - not their pursuit of profit - first"

NHS. It came as he demanded the SNP Government help the poorest pensioners pay their soaring energy bills.

Richard Leonard, called on the parties to put aside “pride and personal ambition” for the “greater good”. It came as Scottish Lib Dem leadership candidate Alex Cole-Hamilton signalled he would be willing to enter a future Holyrood coalition with Labour.

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