A new fund has been set up to tackle loneliness and isolation, Social Justice Secretary Alex Neil has announced. Projects aiming to tackle loneliness will be boosted by £548k of
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Changes to housing benefit could have a “catastrophic impact” on domestic abuse victims living in women’s refuges, Alex Neil has warned. The Social Justice Secretary said refuges had been “left
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The Scottish Parliament has passed new legislation to improve support for carers despite concerns about its “woefully inadequate” funding. MSPs unanimously backed the Scottish Government’s Carers (Scotland) Bill, which will
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An elderly man has been reported to prosecutors over an alleged sexual assault on a woman in a care home. Police were called to the care home in Argyll and
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Front line care workers are all too often “undervalued, unappreciated and overlooked,” a new report has found. The document, called Voices From The Front Line, has been published today by
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The First Minister has called on councils to “do the right thing” and accept the funding deal being offered by the Scottish Government. She made the plea as the February
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The SNP’s plans to extend free childcare to 30 hours a week by 2020 can only be delivered by a “radical” new national body, according to a think thank. The
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Changes to housing benefits could have a “devastating impact” on women’s refuges, with campaigners fearing a funding shortfall could force centres to close their doors. Scottish Women’s Aid said plans
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Legislation aimed at addressing the “unenlightened and ill-founded” attitudes of some jurors in sexual offence trials has passed its first stage at Holyrood. The Scottish Government’s Abusive Behaviour and Sexual
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Figures showing 266 youngsters were the victim of child sexual exploitation or were at risk of the crime last year could be the tip of the iceberg, the Scottish Government
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