⏬ Westminster decisions are hitting the poorest families hardest. ✂️ Instead of taxing extreme wealth, Labour is slashing support for the most vulnerable and taking the axe to public services. 🥀 Labour isn't working for Scotland - we need independence.

📉 Child poverty numbers in Scotland have dropped by 4% since last year - now lower than any time in the last ten years. ✂️ Westminster decisions will plunge more children into poverty, undermining our work to tackle it. 👉 More: graemedey.info/child-poverty-…

🏗️ Since 2007, the SNP Government has delivered almost 137,000 affordable homes. 🏡 Everyone in Scotland should have a safe, affordable home. 👉 More: graemedey.info/snp-government…

💊 The SNP's free prescriptions policy has seen over 8.35 million free prescriptions issues in Tayside in 2023/24. 💷 We abolished the tax on ill-health, saving families £400 on average every year. 👉 More: graemedey.info/14-years-of-fr…

New LSE study says "progress Scotland has made on driving poverty rates down shows that another way is possible". Poverty elsewhere in UK is rising. Yet Labour is slashing welfare for the most vulnerable. Scots can see it makes no difference who's in charge at Westminster.

⏬ The UK Internal Market Act is a blatant power grab on Scotland's Parliament. ❌ Holyrood's powers have been eroded by Westminster - giving UK Ministers powers to veto laws passed by the Scottish Parliament. 👉 More: graemedey.info/internal-marke…

⏬ Sarwar and his London bosses are pandering to the extreme views of the far-right. 🥀 Instead of defending the interests of these islands, Labour is meekly parroting Trump's talking points. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 The SNP will stand up for Scotland's economy and national interests.

💷 Scotland is an attractive place for international investment - the top destination outside London and the South East. ❌ But UK decisions are damaging prospects for Scotland's economy. 👉 More: graemedey.info/first-minister…

🧸 Over 24,000 baby boxes have been delivered across Tayside since the scheme started. 💛 The SNP is committed to giving every child in Scotland the best start in life. 👉 More: graemedey.info/24010-baby-box…

👩‍⚕️ Your SNP Government has offered an 8% pay rise to NHS Scotland staff over two years. 💙 We value our hardworking NHS staff, and are investing record sums in Scotland's health and wellbeing. 👉 More: graemedey.info/two-year-nhs-p…

⁉️ With UK Government considering nationalising British Steel given the “huge strategic importance”, why is the same consideration not afforded to Grangemouth? 🏭 The site is critical to UK energy security & Scottish energy jobs. Labour must reconsider graemedey.info/call-for-grang…

📆 I am holding constituency surgeries next Monday 21st April in Friockheim, Monikie and Auchterhouse. See details below👇

🔥 If Westminster can nationalise British Steel, it can do the same for Grangemouth. 💻 If it funds London’s supercomputer, it can reinstate Edinburgh’s. 🌍 If it backs carbon capture in England, the north-east of Scotland must follow. graemedey.info/preparing-scot…

📈 Majority for Yes! New polling shows that 56% would vote for Scottish independence. 🌱 Among those aged 16-29, 75% backed Yes against 25% for No. ⏳ The time is coming — Scotland’s future will be in Scotland’s hands.

👦🏻 CPAG in Scotland says scrapping the two-child cap will lift 15,000 kids out of poverty in Scotland. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 That’s why we’re scrapping it in Scotland - with the plan to be implemented by April next year.

I know assisted dying is a subject many feel deeply about on both sides. I intend to support the new Bill in principle at Stage 1, but whether it retains my support depends on provision of safeguards against coercion- both of the patient & of clinicians graemedey.info/graemes-column…

👦🏻CPAG in Scotland estimates that scrapping the two-child cap will lift 15,000 bairns out of poverty in Scotland. 💛 The SNP Government is scrapping it - with the plan to be implemented by April next year. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 We're taking Scotland forward.

📆 A reminder of the constituency surgeries I'm holding tomorrow, Monday 21st April, in Friockheim, Monikie and Auchterhouse. See details below👇

🐰 Wishing all constituents and friends further afield a happy and peaceful Easter.

Higher and Further Education Minister Graeme Dey and Commissioner for Fair Access Professor John McKendrick visited New College Lanarkshire in Motherwell. They learned more about support provided for students from disadvantaged backgrounds to thrive in further and higher education.