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Ukraine: Three month pause for Scotland’s Super Sponsor scheme
Closing from Wednesday ‘ensuring support can continue after large increase of new applications’ A three-month pause on new visa applications for displaced Ukrainians to come to Scotland will be in...
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Scottish Government: Almost £3billion to help households with rising prices
Family benefits, free school meals and concessionary travel are part of support helping households to mitigate the increased cost of living. Funding for 2022-23 includes: £294.4 million for Scottish...
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Mental Health staffing boost
More than 950 additional frontline workers recruited A commitment to recruit an additional 800 mental health staff to frontline roles across Scotland has been exceeded. Figures published yesterday...
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Just Transition: Government must act on decarbonisation recommendations
Trade unions and environmental organisations are calling on the Scottish Government to show real commitment to fairly cutting climate pollution throughout the economy and to embrace the...
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Social Security Scotland: Funeral Support Payment
Funeral Support Payment is available to people in Scotland who get certain tax credits or benefits and need help to meet the costs of a funeral. This can be applied for up to six months after the day...
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Amber warning for extreme heat in Scotland next week
A Scottish Government Resilience (SGoRR) meeting was held yesterday to prepare for the potential impacts of a Met Office Amber warning of extreme heat in Scotland next week. The warning covers...
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Scotland announces Autumn/Winter COVID-19 booster programme
Additional doses will be given from September A further booster vaccination will be offered to those at highest risk of severe COVID-19 disease from September, in line with other nations in the UK....
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Scottish Government funding support to tackle hunger crisis in Africa
Grants totalling £250,000 are being given to two charities to assist people affected by the hunger crisis in Ethiopia and Somalia. The region is facing its driest conditions in 40 years, with the...
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COSLA: Well-funded councils are the key to unlocking the very best for...
Councils are key to unlocking both the potential and the best outcomes for our local communities but require proper funding to do so, COSLA said yesterday. The comments came as COSLA launched their...
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Coalition calls for budget for mental health as new figures highlight child...
The Scottish Children’s Services Coalition (SCSC), an alliance of leading providers of specialist care and education to vulnerable children and young people, is calling on the Scottish Government to...
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Social Security in an independent Scotland
Plans to deliver a fairer system with more positive outcomes if Scotland becomes an independent country Independence would give Scotland the opportunity to take a new approach to social security...
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Three awards for Edinburgh at Holyrood’s Public Service Awards
Three Edinburgh projects were honoured at the Scottish Public Service Awards 2023 this week (December 6). The awards, which are in their tenth year, are run by Holyrood Communications in partnership...
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‘A dark day for devolution’?
SETBACK FOR SCOTLAND’S GENDER REFORM PLANS JUDGES have ruled that the UK Government’s block of Scottish gender legislation was LEGAL. The Holyrood parliament passed legislation to make it easier for...
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Advancing children’s rights in law
Amended UN Convention on the Rights of the Child Bill passed A Bill to provide greater protection of children’s rights has been passed by the Scottish Parliament for a second time. The United Nations...
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Backing for proposal to reduce domestic homicides and suicides
A new approach aimed at reducing domestic abuse-related homicides and suicides has received overwhelming backing. The proposals for a Domestic Homicide and Suicide Review Model would help identify...
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Helping Ukrainians into longer term housing
Steps to provide displaced people with accommodation stability Ukrainian people seeking refuge from the war will be supported to access longer term housing, under plans to further reduce the number of...
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Humanitarian aid for Afghanistan
Support for people affected by earthquake disaster Funding of £250,000 will be provided to aid charities responding to those affected by the devastating earthquake that struck Afghanistan in...
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Tackling violence against women and girls
Equally Safe strategy refreshed A national strategy to prevent and address all forms of violence against women and girls has been renewed to build on recent progress. Equally Safe, a joint strategy...
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Edinburgh MSPs unite to demand funding for new Edinburgh Eye Pavilion Hospital
A cross-party group of Edinburgh MSPs have come together to write to the Cabinet Secretary for Health, Michael Matheson, highlighting the urgent need to fund a new Eye Pavilion in Edinburgh. MSPs...
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Scots urged to use unspent Best Start Foods balances
Christmas letter will remind families to use money on card Hundreds of people who get the Scottish Government’s Best Start Foods benefit will receive a pre-Christmas reminder urging them to spend...
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