News - Jackie Baillie MSP

SCOTRAIL PLUNGES TO LOWEST PERFORMANCE LEVEL UNDER THE SNP

Constituency MSP, Jackie Baillie, has called on the Scottish Government to get ScotRail back on track after the train company plunged to its lowest performance level under the SNP. The official figures follow months of delays, cancellations and short-formed trains on Scotland’s railways. With passengers travelling to and from Dumbarton,…

WAITING TIME LAW BROKEN 70,000 TIMES IN 2018

Jackie Baillie MSP has called for the Scottish Government to provide more support and resources for our NHS as the SNP’s waiting times law has been broken over 70,000 times 2018. The figures, from ISD Scotland, show that the 12 week Treatment Time Guarantee was broken 71,611 times in the…

OVER 1,000 PEOPLE WAIT LONGER THAN FOUR HOURS AT A&E IN THE SECOND WEEK OF FEBRUARY

Jackie Baillie MSP has called on the Scottish Government to provide better support for our NHS as the latest A&E figures show that over 1,000 people in NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde waited longer than 4 hours in Accident and Emergency departments. The latest figures from ISD Scotland show that…

SCOTRAIL FAILING TO MEET PASSENGER SATISFACTION

Local MSP Jackie Baillie has called for ScotRail/Abellio to be stripped of the rail franchise after recent figures demonstrated that the train operator is falling behind on its own passenger satisfaction targets. The official Autumn 2018 survey, published in January 2019, reveal that ScotRail/Abellio scored 79% in overall passenger satisfaction,…

SEVERE NHS CAPACITY ISSUES AFFECTING PARKINSON’S PATIENTS

Parkinson’s UK have produced a comprehensive new report which shows that Parkinson’s services in Scotland are suffering due to chronic capacity issues which are affecting our NHS. Jackie Baillie has called on the Scottish Government to implement the reports recommendations. There are 12,400 people in Scotland currently diagnosed with Parkinson’s…

SCOTLAND’S UNIVERSITIES HAVE LOST OUT ON OVER £400M UNDER STURGEON

New analysis reveals that Scotland’s universities have lost out on over £400million worth of investment in today’s prices since Nicola Sturgeon became First Minister. The SNP Leader claims that education is her top priority, but just last month it was revealed that there are 130,000 fewer student’s in Scotland’s colleges…

THOUSANDS OF LOCAL PENSIONERS SET TO LOSE THEIR FREE TV LICENCE

Millions of older people across the UK are set to lose their TV licence in 2020 despite the Conservatives promising in their 2017 general election manifesto to protect free TV licences until 2022. As part of the last BBC charter the Government devolved responsibility for the free TV licence policy,…

LEGAL AID CUTS PUT JOBS AT RISK AT ARGYLL AND BUTE CAB

Jackie Baillie MSP has called on the Scottish Government to reverse cuts to legal aid services as it is revealed that a range of anti-poverty services delivered by Citizens Advice Scotland are under threat thanks to proposed cuts in the Scottish budget. A potential cut from the Scottish Legal Aid…

JACKIE BAILLIE MSP CALLS ON WEST DUNBARTONSHIRE AND ARGYLL AND BUTE COUNCIL’S TO RULE OUT INTRODUCING A WORKPLACE CAR PARKING LEVY

Constituency MSP, Jackie Baillie, has called on West Dunbartonshire and Argyll and Bute Council’s to rule out introducing a workplace car parking levy following the SNP Government’s budget announcement. The budget deal agreed between the SNP Government and the Green Party will allow councils to introduce a workplace parking levy…

JACKIE BAILLIE CALLS ON TRANSPORT SECRETARY TO ADDRESS CAPACITY ISSUES ON SCOTRAIL SERVICES

Constituency MSP, Jackie Baillie, has called on Michael Mathieson, Cabinet Secretary for Transport, Infrastructure and Connectivity, to address the capacity issues on ScotRail services from Dumbarton, Balloch and Helensburgh. Passengers in this area have suffered consistent problems with train services including regular cancellations, delays and short-formed services. ScotRail had promised…

First
Prev
1
…
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
…
102
Next
Last