A threat to close a Tweedbank care home has been withdrawn after inspectors found ‘significant improvements’ had been made to the service.

The Social Services Knowledge Scotland (SSKS) Impact and Satisfaction Evaluation was completed in order to evaluate the impact SSKS has on day-to-day practice and learning and development for social care workers.

Scotland’s progressive homelessness legislation was a giant step forward, but there is much more work still to do, by Fiona King

PLANS to close ten sheriff courts in the face of £24.6 million in cuts will damage access to justice, harm high streets and hit victims and witnesses in the pockets, critics have warned.

Families in the Capital are facing a half-a-billion pound bombshell as benefits cuts start to hit tens of thousands of households.