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Vicky expressed concern that much of the material may now be outdated and that the Scottish Government needs to recognise and deliver on its previous commitments.
If the intention is to make the system fairer, then this must be addressed by ensuring that those in lower Council Tax bands see a reduction in their bill, as well as those in higher bands paying more; if only the latter is implemented, then the revaluation will serve only as a revenue raising exercise and public sentiment may be of increased antipathy in t...
Travelling to England for treatment meant that she would be away from home for multiple nights, so she asked BPAS to call her family and explain that she had a compulsory educational engagement away from home. The teenager felt that her life may be at risk if her family or partner found out she had been pregnant.
It states that every citizen should be able: “To vote and to be elected at genuine periodic elections which shall be by universal and equal suffrage and shall be held by secret ballot, guaranteeing the free expression of the will of the electors;” 2 Elections to the Scottish Parliament and to local government are devolved matters (i.e. the Scottish Parliament has legislative competence in this area). It may...
This means passengers who live in more rural areas are unlikely to see service improvements and may, in fact, experience reduced services, as operators focus on ensuring services within the franchise operate as they should.
One example of that relates to the use of virtual custodies and the Bill will enable ongoing work being taken forward by justice agencies that explores a sustainable model for virtual custodies”. Despite acknowledging that costs may arise following that development work, the FM does not reflect these potential costs, on the basis that “those costs are being...
On new action to increase pace and breadth In parallel, we will work with partners to develop and deliver two new schemes of assessment and remediation: • we will issue a new ‘open call’ for further properties which may require Government-led assessment and remediation.
The petitioner suggests that as docking is now illegal in Scotland, they may remove all the hair from the tail leaving the bare stump for aesthetic reasons.