John Wilson MSP

SNP MSP John Wilson has welcomed the announcement that Corus steelworks plans to invest £8 million to its steel plant at Dalzell in Motherwell. This is the largest investment locally for almost 40 years which will help to meet increasing demand for heavy plate products.
This investment shall provide 60 new job opportunities throughout Lanarkshire with [...]

Householders across Scotland have once again been spared a hike in their council tax, after MSPs endorsed the Scottish Government’s £70 million funding package to compensate local authorities for freezing the tax.
This is the third year in a row that Finance Secretary John Swinney has secured agreement from all 32 of Scotland’s local authorities to [...]

John Wilson MSP has welcomed today’s announcement of a major Scottish Government investment in social housing.
Announcing the allocation of the final consequentials from last year’s UK budget, Scottish Government Finance Secretary John Swinney confirmed that an additional £31 million will be used to build even more affordable homes in Scotland, bringing the SNP government’s [...]

SNP MSP John Wilson welcomes the fall in prescription charges, the last reduction before they are abolished entirely next year.
 
The new charges will see a single prescription charge fall by GBP1 to GBP3.
 
A four-month prescription pre-payment certificate (PPC) falls by GBP3 to GBP10 while a 12-month PPC is now GBP28, down GBP10.
 
John Wilson MSP said [...]

Scottish Councils are pursuing thousands of Scots for tax bills that are up to 15 years old – even if the bill has been paid.
 
MSPs are now to be asked to pass a law that will put a stop to this. The proposal comes from SNP backbencher John Wilson MSP, with the backing of [...]

SNP MSP John Wilson has welcomed the announcement by the Scottish Government that third sector organisations are to benefit from a £2.2 million fund set up to support Scotland’s third sector through the recession. 
 
The fund will provide one-off grants of up to £100,000 to 64 organisations across Scotland to mitigate the impact of recession on [...]

SNP MSP John Wilson has welcomed the announcement by the Scottish Government to allocate £2.625 million to North Lanarkshire Council which will provide 105 new built Council houses to rent throughout North Lanarkshire.
 
This news follows an earlier investment of £1.95 million to build 78 new council properties in North Lanarkshire, bringing the total investment [...]

A resident of Coatbridge Alice Blackie was keen to make her home warmer and to cut her energy bills and so she has had insulation installed in her home.  MSP John Wilson went along to find out about the work that has been carried out and to hear from Miss Blackie about what difference it [...]

Central Scotland SNP MSP John Wilson, a member of the Local Government and Communities Committee, regrets the decision by Lloyds TSB Foundation for Scotland to close its doors to new applications for grants which will result in a £6 million loss to hundreds of charities throughout Scotland.
Since it was established in 1985, the Lloyds TSB [...]

SNP MSP John Wilson has welcomed the announcement that town centres throughout North Lanarkshire shall benefit from the allocation of £2,745,000 from Scottish Government. Town centres set to benefit from this funding include Airdrie, Bellshill, Coatbridge, Cumbernauld, Kilsyth, Motherwell and Wishaw.
 
Overall, forty-eight Scottish towns shall benefit from a share of approximately £40 million of [...]