Disabled people will be offered internships in the Scottish Government as part of a series of measures to help them into work. The internship programme starts in September and forms
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The Scottish Conservatives will scrap their opposition to free prescriptions north of the border, it has emerged. Ruth Davidson said she recognised the “large amount of support” for free prescriptions
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Drinking heavily is more harmful to the poorest people in society, who are at greater risk of illness or death because of alcohol consumption, according to a medical study. Published
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Nurses in Scotland have seen their wages fall by an average of £3,400 in real terms as a result of the cap on public sector pay, Labour has claimed. With
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Preventing people from going missing and limiting the harm associated with such incidents are at the heart of a new national strategy. The National Missing Persons Framework for Scotland was
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A Highland social worker has been struck off the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) register for sexually assaulting a woman during a visit to her home in June 2015. Appearing
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Moves to improve the accessibility of a scheme which gives concerned parents a chance to find out if a sex offender has access to their children have been announced by
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Leading social care provider, Cornerstone, has announced the launch of a new Charitable Foundation to separate its fundraising and social care functions; a vision set out by the organisation’s new
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A local authority has launched an investigation after a child wandered out of a council nursery. The four-year-old boy’s mother found him walking in a nearby street as she was
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The UK Government has been urged to rethink “incoherent” plans to close a swathe of Jobcentres in Scotland. Westminster’s Scottish Affairs Committee said the proposals showed “a lack of planning”
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