“Tax credits bombshell”

235 couples with children in part-time work in Lanark & Hamilton East could lose around £4,000 a year from this April, following a change to tax credit rules being introduced by the government.

Jim Hood, Labour MP for Lanark & Hamilton East is urging the Conservative-led government to reconsider a little-noticed change to tax credit rules which means thousands of families will lose all of their working tax credits unless they can significantly increase their working hours.

The change means that couples with children earning less than around £17,700 will need to increase the number of hours they work from …

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Press Release issued by Cllr. Jackie Burns, Larkhall  -  the Launch Event took place on Friday 18 November, 2011, in Robert Smillie Primary School, Larkhall.

“Pupils from local schools took part in the launch of the “Labour of Love”, a book celebrating the life of Robert Smillie who lived in Larkhall and was one of the leading lights in the Labour and trade union movement, a man who was instrumental in setting up the Scottish Miners’ Federation; the Scottish Trade Union Congress; the Miners Federation of Great Britain and the Labour Party.  Robert Smillie was also the founders of the National …

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17 October, 2011 

New UK Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries for Scotland

 Following the announcement on 13 October, 2011, publishing the initial proposals by the Boundary Commission for Scotland to review the UK Parliamentary constituency boundaries, Jim Hood,  MP for Lanark and Hamilton East, said:-

“   The Scottish Boundary Commission has published its Initial Proposals for new UK Parliamentary Boundaries to be in place for the next General Election 2015. Scotland is being cut from 59 to 52 Constituencies as part of the Coalition’s UK wide cut of 50 MP’s. This review was in the 2010 Con/Dem Coalition agreement, where they wanted to cut Labour …

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MP, JIM HOOD, APPOINTED HONORARY MILK MONITOR AT NURSERY SCHOOL

 Jim Hood MP for Lanark & Hamilton East showed his support for World School Milk Day on Thursday 22 September, by being an honorary milk monitor at the Cadzow Nursery School in Hamilton where he helped to hand out milk to the children.

World School Milk Day is organised by the UN Food & Agriculture Organisation and is celebrated in over 30 countries around the world.  The company Cool Milk supply the milk to the Nursery School and they promote the day throughout the UK.

 Jim Hood said :

“A change of career for …

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8 September, 2011. 

JIM HOOD MP URGES SCOTTISH SECRETARY TO VISIT LANARKSHIRE

A delegation of Lanarkshire’s Labour MPs  met with Scottish Secretary Michael Moore on Wednesday 7 September, to urge him to act now to help all those out of work in Lanarkshire.

Figures show that Lanarkshire is among one of the hardest hit areas in the country with a higher claimant count than the Scottish and UK averages.  Youth unemployment currently stands at 12.5% across the county.   In Lanark & Hamilton East 12.2 % of 18-24 year olds are out of work.  

Jim Hood MP for Lanark & Hamilton East has …

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