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Lanark and Hamilton East MP Angela Crawley today visited Lanarkshire Carers at Chatelherault Country Park for their Carers Week event. Running from 6th to 12th June, Carers Week is an annual campaign to raise awareness of caring, highlight the challenges unpaid carers face and recognise the contribution they make to families and communities. For 2022, the theme for … Read more

Lanark and Hamilton East MP Angela Crawley will lead a debate in Westminster on the merits of introducing a universal basic income (UBI). On Wednesday 15th June, MPs will be given the chance to debate what UBI could look like and how it could help reduce poverty and inequality in a debate in Westminster Hall. Previous … Read more

Today marks the start of Pride month and one month until the 50th anniversary of the first official UK Gay Pride Rally. To mark the occasion, Lanark and Hamilton East MP Angela Crawley and East Renfrewshire MP Kirsten Oswald have applied to host a debate in the House of Commons where LGBTQIA+ MPs can share … Read more

One month ahead of Carluke’s last bank closing, Bank of Scotland have confirmed there will be no new alternative introduced. Lanark and Hamilton East MP Angela Crawley and Clydesdale MSP Màiri McAllan met with Bank of Scotland on Friday (May 27th) to again urge the bank to reconsider alternatives to closure. However, Carluke does not meet … Read more

Two consultations are being run by South Lanarkshire Council which will affect local services for at least the next five years. A draft Council Plan and Community Plan have been put forward and members of the public are being asked for their views. The Council Plan, which runs until 2027, will set out the priorities for … Read more

Hamilton’s Manda Centre played host to a visit from Lanark and Hamilton East MP Angela Crawley. The centre, which was established in 2016, provides support for the mental and physical wellbeing to family and friends affected by trauma, loss and personal crisis. As a not-for-profit organisation, the Manda Centre provides one-to-one and telephone counselling as well as … Read more

Lanark and Hamilton East MP Angela Crawley has said the Queen’s Speech is a major missed opportunity for the UK Government. In their plan for the next parliamentary session, the UK Government chose to focus on their ideological quest and Brexit obsession instead of taking action on the issues which matter most to the public. The … Read more

An asset transfer has paved the way for the future of Bothwell Library thanks to dedicated community group Bothwell Futures.  Last week, Lanark and Hamilton East MP Angela Crawley and Bothwell and Uddingston MSP Stephanie Callaghan met with the group to discuss their ambitions for the library.  Bothwell Futures are set to open a new … Read more

Today we celebrate Europe Day, and restate the SNP’s commitment to an independent Scotland becoming an EU Member State. Here are 10 Reasons Why Scotland Should Be In The EU: 1. SOLIDARITY WITH A GLOBAL A-TEAM The threats facing our societies are global, and the EU leads progressive global action to solve shared challenges. An … Read more