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As you know, ending child poverty is the Scottish Government’s top priority and we will continue to do everything within the scope of our powers and limited budget to drive progress toward the stretching targets we have set.
As you know, ending child poverty is the Scottish Government’s top priority and we will continue to do everything within the scope of our powers and limited budget to drive progress toward the stretching targets we have set.
It is difficult to predict what that might be, b a e n example might be if the section 45 power to top up benefits wer u t sed in a way that included relatively minor procedural detail tha eeded to be updated periodically to reflect changes in the benefi n t eing topped up.
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Date answered:
12 November 2024
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Restricting alcohol advertising and promotion is one of the World Health Organization’s top three “best buys” to prevent and reduce alcohol-related harms.
In East Ayrshire, which forms part of my Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley constituency, 28 per cent of people with a terminal illness die in end-of-life poverty and 23 per cent die in fuel poverty.
At present, depending on the sequence of events, when a crofter exercises their right to buy their croft, they can become either an owner-occupier crofter or a landlord of a vacant croft.