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We have put the same argument to the Government in relation to companies that pay below the real living wage. The Government has a strong track record of supporting the real living wage and wanting to promote that.
Although any proposed increases in the statutory minimum wage rates are of course welcome, the UK national living wage is still not the real living wage, and that difference needs to be recognised.
There are profound lessons to be learned from the impact of the pandemic on those with protected characteristics, health inequalities and those living in poverty. The evidence highlights unequal effects across different age groups and for those living with learning disabilities.
People may know that I have strong personal connections to Aberdeen. I lived there for a while—when I was first elected to the Parliament, I moved to Aberdeen, and I have family connections to the city.
Instead, I will focus on the Scottish Government’s commitment to improving the lives of young people through the Promise and on addressing the points in Martin Whitfield’s motion.
It is only a little over a year since the disastrous Truss mini-budget, which turbocharged the cost of living crisis, inflicting misery on individuals, communities and businesses.
Two of the five programmes are specifically about wellbeing and raising standards of living, embedding workers’ voices and ensuring that fair pay runs throughout our economy.
What is your view of that payment burden on the people who own empties and second homes? Properties are there to be lived in if it is possible for them to be lived in.