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That work is now seeing record numbers of students from disadvantaged backgrounds—around 5,600 in the latest official statistics—enter our universities.
The festivals challenge us and enable us all to step out of our own lives to experience something new and unique. They bring people together to germinate new ideas.
Had it been easy, somebody would have done it before now. We are bringing together new people around a new table to find new solutions for an old problem.
Shumela Ahmed asked if the Commission has had any interaction with the new voluntary throughcare and aftercare service, if not are there plans to, and if there has been engagement what role could the new service play?
Shumela Ahmed asked if the Commission has had any interaction with the new voluntary throughcare and aftercare service, if not are there plans to, and if there has been engagement what role could the new service play?
In reality, once the tapers for housing benefit and council tax reduction kick in, they will have only 48p more a week, which is £26 over the year, and yet that extra money is switched off.
Those changes are reflected in the publication of the college indicative allocations for the academic year 2025-26. The SFC has also put in place transition arrangements that mean that no college will see a funding reduction in the academic year 2025-26 compared with 2024-25.
As the minister may be aware, Save the Children has urged MSPs to back the Scottish budget for 2025-26 so that “children can benefit from the positive steps taken”, such as mitigating the cruel two-child cap.
The current upper age limit for accessing this support is 26; this should be a lifelong entitlement, as parents support their children beyond this age. • Local authority budget cuts and social work staffing shortages are impacting on support received. • Contact with social workers had reduced in recent years.