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Council Funding: who’s telling the truth?
Real terms funding increase for local government? The Scottish Government says: The Scottish Budget delivers a total funding package amounting to £11.1 billion for local government. This provides...
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Tackling social isolation by connecting communities
Scotland has become one of the first countries in the world to develop a national strategy to deal with the serious problem of social isolation. To kick start the strategy, Minister for Older People...
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A meal for every child
Every child attending a funded early learning and childcare (ELC) session will receive a healthy meal, Minister for Children and Young People Maree Todd has announced. A major new Scottish Government...
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£4 million to drive CAHMS improvement
Scotland is to recruit an additional 80 mental health professionals to work with children and young people, following a £4 million investment. The additional staff, made up of psychologists, nurses,...
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Tackling food insecurity during school holidays
More than 7,000 children from low income families will have access to healthy and nutritious food during the Christmas school holidays, Communities Secretary Aileen Campbell said this morning. The...
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First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has wished everyone in Scotland a very Merry Christmas and expressed her thanks to emergency services and NHS staff who are working over the festive period. First...
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Halfway there: organ donor registrations hit new high
51.7% of Scotland’s population are now on the register. More people than ever are signed up to the Organ Donor Register in Scotland, latest figures show. In 2018, there were 148,000 new registrations...
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New drug driving laws and roadside testing to improve road safety
Zero tolerance for people caught driving with illegal drugs in their system. Scotland’s stringent road safety laws will be strengthened further by the introduction of drug driving limits and roadside...
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Scottish Government to expand access to free sanitary products
£4 million extra funding Further funding to increase the number of places where free sanitary products are available has been announced by Communities Secretary Aileen Campbell. Local authorities will...
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Record number of students from deprived areas at university
Positive progress on equal access to higher education A record number of full time first degree students at Scottish universities were from the most deprived areas in Scotland last year. New figures...
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Funeral expense support to be extended this summer
New benefit will increase eligibility by around 40%. A new benefit providing help for people on low-incomes to meet the costs of a funeral is on course to be delivered by the Scottish Government...
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Scottish Government funding to raise awareness of the risks of running away
Two leading charities are joining forces to develop materials to educate children and young people about the dangers of going missing and encourage them to access support. Community Safety Minister...
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Improving Personal and Social Education
Consent education to be part of updated teaching resources. Today @JohnSwinney was at Queen Anne's High School to mark the publication of our review of Personal and Social Education. Updates to...
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Edinburgh Living: opening doors in Clermiston
Scottish Housing Minister Kevin Stewart visited the first homes to be delivered as part of “Edinburgh Living”, a new housing partnership between the City of Edinburgh Council and the Scottish Futures...
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Fighting the throwaway culture
Environment Secretary Roseanna Cunningham has reiterated the Scottish Government’s pledge to introduce a deposit return scheme as part of plans to further tackle plastic waste. Deposit return will...
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Primary 1 assessments: what do you think?
Independent review team call for views. Views are being sought on the use of standardised assessments for Primary 1 (P1) children as part of the independent review led by David Reedy. The review is...
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Topping out at Queensferry High School
A topping out ceremony has been held to mark a key milestone in the construction of the new £40m Queensferry High School. Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills John...
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Jeane Freeman to chair NHS Lothian’s Annual Review public meeting
NHS Lothian’s Annual Review will take place on Monday 4th February. The public meeting will be chaired by Ms Jeane Freeman MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport, and is the formal process...
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More support for student wellbeing
Improved mental health services at colleges and universities Students will have access to improved mental health support following the funding of an additional full-time officer to expand student...
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Partial reinstatement of children’s services at St John’s
Paediatric inpatient services in St John’s Hospital will begin to be restored in March, it was announced yesterday. NHS Lothian will reinstate the service from Monday to Friday each week to provide...
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