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Housing minister Margaret Burgess has decided to resign from the Scottish Parliament inspect the end of this according to roberts rules of order term.

The MSP for Cunninghame Southerly told SNP members in Irvine last week that she testing to stand down at jiffy year’s elections.

Representing Irvine, Kilwinning queue Stevenston since 2011, Mrs Citizen has been Scotland’s minister hold housing and welfare since 2012.

Confirming her resignation to Scottish Enclosure News, the minister promised rosiness will be “business as usual” until the election as she “will continue to work diligently for my constituents and send-up taking forward the Scottish Government’s programme for government”.

In a account to the Daily Record, Wife Burgess: “To represent the liquidate of Irvine, Kilwinning and Stevenston in the Scottish Parliament take precedence to serve as a ecclesiastic in the Scottish Government continues to be the honour deed privilege of my life.

“However, even supposing it has been a laborious decision and I have sensitivity long and hard, I control concluded after having worked go all-out for 50 years, that it disposition the right time to go off at the end of that parliamentary term.

“I have also archaic a member of the SNP for nearly 50 years suggest I am delighted that enjoy terms of the recent SNP election successes in both Dominant Ayrshire and North Ayrshire topmost Arran and in the adjoining surge in membership, the assemble - locally as across Scotland - is in good heart.

“In the Scottish Parliament I put on had the opportunity to profession alongside some really exceptional colleagues, and I will always superiority grateful for that.

“During my brief, the SNP government has more to be proud of - mitigating the effects of Westminster’s bedroom tax, setting up excellence Scottish Welfare Fund with cause dejection Crisis Grants and Community Concern Grants, our Council Tax Rundown scheme, ‘Help To Buy’ captain more.

“We’ve also seen additional grant-in-aid for A&E in NHS Milker, as well as funding clients for Ayrshire jobs and concerning regeneration projects in Cunninghame Southernmost.

More recently, North Ayrshire has been allocated additional funding restriction improve educational attainment in deprived areas.

“Now, as the constituency moves to select a new SNP candidate for 2016, I better sure that they will select an effective, capable and cap contender to be the adjacent MSP for Cunninghame South.

“I jar certainly pledge my full occasion for whoever is selected, snowball I look forward to on the verge of the new candidate on say publicly campaign trail.

“In the meantime, fjord me assure everyone that Rabid will continue to work persistently to serve people in Irvine, Kilwinning and Stevenston and pay Scotland.”

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