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Jim has welcomed the news that the London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay will run through his constituency of East Renfrewshire.

Last week I played in a charity football match at Dumbarton FC for Glasgow based charity Revive. Revive MS Support is a charity dedicated to helping everyone affected by Multiple Sclerosis. Over 10,000 people in Scotland (1 in 500) have MS, the highest prevalence of any country in the world, so there is significant demand for services and support.

A time of challenge and opportunity Please read below my speech to Labour North Conference on Sunday 6th November Introduction We meet at a time of challenge and opportunity for the Labour party, and at a time of anxiety and frustration for the country. We are still bruised by our defeat, but more importantly the public are hurting as a consequence of our election loss.

This week Jim Murphy attended the 15th anniversary reception of the Internet Watch Foundation, an online organisation tackling child sexual abuse. A staggering 87,000 child sexual abuse webpages have been removed in 15 years thanks to the work of the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF).

A new campaign aiming to highlight the lifetime burden of meningitis on victims, families and friends has got the support of local MP Jim Murphy. Meningitis Trust has a new campaign called ‘Here Today, Gone Tomorrow’ highlighting the true lifetime burden of meningitis – on the victim, their family, friends, community and economy.

Jim discusses Tory splits over Europe, the Poppy Appeal and a charity football match he's playing in.

Last week plans for East Renfrewshire’s flagship College scheme collapsed crushing hopes of improving Barrhead’s town centre. The scheme, launched two years ago, aimed to bring hundreds of students to the area and to give the local residents a new library, community centre and crèche. The college was hoping to also offer 3,500 vocational places to encourage young people into industry.

Communities wanting to improve their local environment in the Glasgow Metropolitan area have the opportunity to benefit from new grant funding following the launch of the Central Scotland Green Network’s (CSGN) Community Projects Fund.

This week Gus O'Donnell, Cabinet Secretary, published a report into Liam Fox's links with Adam Werrity. The ten page report into eighteen months of wrongdoing is a superficial and narrow way for the Government to deal with such a deep problem.