On Friday 5th July local politicians Angela Crawley MP and Christina McKelvie MSP held a joint jobs fair in the Hamilton Town Hall. The event was a huge success, with more than 30 employers recruiting and over 350 prospective employees making their way to the Hamilton Jobs Fair. There were no shortage of different sectors … Read more
Angela Crawley MP is encouraging community organisations from across her constituency to bid for town centre regeneration funding. South Lanarkshire Council are welcoming applications from eligible organisations to apply for grants of more than £50,000 to help improve our town centres. The funding came as part of the Scottish Government’s Town Centre Fund and must … Read more
Lanark and Hamilton East MP Angela Crawley last week raised a number of issues relating to the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) treatment of people with invisible illnesses. An invisible illness is an umbrella term for any medical condition that isn’t easily visible to others. This includes chronic physical conditions such as arthritis, diabetes, fibromyalgia, and … Read more
Angela Crawley MP has pledged to work alongside leading charity Versus Arthritis to represent the thousands of people in Lanark and Hamilton East living every day with the pain of arthritis. Arthritis and related conditions, such as back pain, are the single biggest cause of pain and disability in the UK, affecting 17.8 million people. … Read more
Angela Crawley MP and Christina Mckelvie MSP are set to host a Jobs Fair in the Hamilton Town House on Friday the 5th of July, between 11am and 2pm. The event has already attracted big employers who recruiting for vacancies now. Those already confirmed include Social Security Scotland, ALDI and British Airways. More employers are … Read more
Angela Crawley MP and Christina Mckelvie MSP are set to host a Jobs Fair in the Hamilton Town House on Friday the 5th of July, between 11am and 2pm. The event has already attracted big employers who recruiting for vacancies now. Those already confirmed include Social Security Scotland, ALDI and British Airways. More employers are … Read more
More than 8,000 emergency food parcels were given to local people in the last year, the Hamilton District Foodbank has revealed. Between April 2018 and March 2019, 8,013 emergency food parcels were provided to local people with over 2,700 going to children. The local foodbank’s figures feed into a larger national picture with a record … Read more
Angela Crawley MP has said the Tories’ “narrow-minded Brexit rhetoric” is to blame for a fall in the number of overseas workers coming to South Lanarkshire – and warned of the damage to the economy and public services. Latest figures from the DWP show a 16% drop in the number of National Insurance registrations by … Read more
More than two-thirds of people who faced being denied social security benefits were found to be entitled to that support – prompting calls by Angela Crawley MP for a fresh review of the DWP assessment and appeals process. Official government figures show that 70% of people who faced the possibility of losing their entitlement, and … Read more
Two million people have signed a petition calling on Article 50 to be revoked following the Prime Minister’s handling of Brexit. Included in that total are over 1,500 signatures from Lanark and Hamilton East, which voted by over 60% to remain within the EU in 2016. The local MP, Angela Crawley, has encouraged people to … Read more
