Archive for the ‘Issues’ Category

CBI Scotland Annual Dinner

On Thursday night, Katy attended the CBI Scotland annual dinner, held at the Hilton Hotel in Glasgow. Helen Alexander, CBI President, spoke on the importance of tailored support for young people trying to get into employment. Speaking afterwards, Katy said:
“Having worked with young people over many years with Careers Scotland (now part of Skills Development [...]

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A Fairer Deal on Housing

Katy recently met students at Glasgow University to hear about their housing issues, particularly the difficulty many students have had in getting their deposit back at the end of a lease.  Katy is campaigning to introduce a National Tenancy Deposit Scheme, in which the deposit is held by a third party untl the lease ends.  [...]

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Glasgow North West Women’s Network Open Day

Katy joined Cllr Mary Paris for the Glasgow North West Womens Network Open Day on Thursday this week, to meet the organisers, talk to the women who use the centre and admire what the network has achieved in the past year.  Katy said:
“This is always a fun event and I was glad to return and [...]

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