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To take just one example, the benefit cap, in effect, targets women and their children for cuts. The latest figures, for August this year, show that almost 90 per cent of single and 91 per cent of capped households have at least one child.
COSLA has written to all councils making them aware of this small issue and the solution agreed, as part of their communication informing them of the new Councillors’ remuneration annual uplift figures coming into force on 1 April 2026.
Forthcoming channels such as Deepwatch and expanded children’s channels, alongside new global news formats designed to cut through the noise, will reinforce the visibility of trusted BBC journalism and content.
The Committee asks for a response to the following questions: • What progress has been made with developing and signing off the new, reduced scope WSCP (the models of care) and developing clear costed plans to implement it?
This will represent a further tangible Government response to the Housing Emergency and includes the intention to establish a new housing agency that will bring greater simplicity, scale and speed to Scotland’s approach.
See www.lobbying.scot St Andrew’s House, Regent Road, Edinburgh EH1 3DG www.gov.scot Housing (Scotland) Bill — Stage 3 GOVERNMENT AMENDMENT Visitor levy Ivan McKee After section 51F insert—
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Following this, the CPPP Committee wrote to the Bureau to invite it the consider the establishment of a new Committee, as soon as possible, focused on the A9 in the current session.
The Scottish Government ultimately included a provision in what became the 2016 Act to allow for regulation of any new methods of body disposal in the same way that burial and cremation is currently regulated.
This includes a further £18 million commitment announced this week, which has been made alongside a new investment of £8 million from growth capital investor BGF.