Campaigners have won a challenge at the UK’s highest court against the Scottish Government’s proposals to appoint a named person for every child. The scheme was approved by Holyrood as
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The Scottish Government insists controversial new measures to appoint a named person for every child will still go ahead despite the UK’s highest court ruling the legislation at present is
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Nicola Sturgeon has pledged her government will “clarify” parts of the controversial named person policy after the UK’s highest court ruled the legislation is currently “incompatible” with European human-rights laws.
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A rise in health visitor vacancies could make it difficult to implement the named person scheme when it goes live next month, the Conservatives have warned. Just under a tenth
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A youth worker due to become a named person has warned the controversial Scottish Government policy will unleash “pandemonium”. Dr Simon Knight, a senior youth worker in Glasgow, described plans
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It is atrocious for critics of the controversial named person scheme to use the “utterly tragic” murder of Liam Fee to attack the Scottish Government’s policy, the Deputy First Minister
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Nicola Sturgeon has told of her “shock, horror and revulsion” at the murder of toddler Liam Fee. The First Minister said the significant case review into the circumstances leading up
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A controversial scheme aimed at improving child protection in Scotland had not been put in place “in terms of the legislation” for murdered toddler Liam Fee, the Deputy First Minister
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The police officer who led the investigation into Liam Fee’s death has said the two-year-old was subjected to “horrendous abuse” at the hands of his mother and her partner. Detective
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Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson has called for the SNP to “press the pause button” on plans to introduce a named person for every child in Scotland. Ms Davidson met
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