By Bruce Crawford MSP First published in the Stirling Observer, 12 July 2019. The United Nations special rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights has published his findings following an investigation into poverty across Read more
Stirling MSP Bruce Crawford has hailed the Budget announcement from Finance Secretary Derek Mackay of £435 million in interventions on social security. As part of the SNP Government’s Draft Budget for this coming year, Read more
For publication in the Stirling Observer, 14 November 2018 By Bruce Crawford MSP The UK Chancellor’s Budget has rightly been criticised on a number of fronts. From a failure to fix the broken Universal Read more
SNP MSP for the Stirling Constituency, Bruce Crawford, and SNP Councillor for Bannockburn and the Eastern Villages, Alasdair MacPherson, have hit out at the UK Budget announcement from the Chancellor of additional cash for Universal Read more
SNP MSP Bruce Crawford has welcomed the news that carers in the Stirling area will receive the first payments of the new Carer’s Allowance Supplement from mid-September, back-dated to April. This new benefit will Read more
Stirling MSP Bruce Crawford has welcomed the SNP Transport Secretary’s recent announcement of extending the concessionary travel scheme. The scheme will now extend to companions of eligible disabled children under the age of five Read more
As the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions completes a whistle-stop tour of Scotland, including visits to Stirling and Fife, the SNP has challenged her to come face to face with people driven into Read more
Freedom of Information figures supplied by the Department for Work and Pensions have shown that the Stirling area has lost out on £566,599.80 because of Tory cuts to disability benefit. The information – requested Read more
Stirling MSP Bruce Crawford has renewed SNP calls to halt the system of Universal Credit until its fundamental flaws can be fixed, following the revelation that more than 400 people were referred to Start Up Read more