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Community payback orders are a flexible and robust disposal, with a consistently lower reconviction rate compared with short prison sentences. That is why our budget for 2025-26 includes an additional £11 million in support for community justice services.
We have a job to do in taking on board young people’s concerns and any bad experiences that they might have had in Catholic schools. At your meeting on 26 January, Barbara Coupar said that she would take that forward.
Eligible first-time buyers will be able to purchase homes sold on the open market, including new builds. Buyers will be required to fund a minimum of 5% of the value of their new house from their own funds and loans can be up to £25,000.
At that time, we did not know that a new land reform bill would be coming, so we were happy that something was being done on some of the issues with the community right to buy.
Committee reports
Date published:
10 December 2024
Section 1(4A) – Power to make regulations to modify the latest date by which the code is to come into effect
Power conferred on: the Scottish Ministers
Power exercisable by: regulations
Parliamentary procedure: negative
Revised or new: new
Provision
Section 1(4) provides that ...
Last week, Aberdeen received the devastating news that Marks and Spencer is to close, just days after we lost Haigs due to difficult trading conditions.
(S6F-01832) On Monday, I had the pleasure of visiting the Roslin innovation centre, where I was able to welcome Ana Stewart and Mark Logan’s outstanding report.