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The child poverty delivery plan will be essential in progressing the healthier, wealthier children programme, as it will provide resources to progress that important programme.
The programme requires councils to take the necessary steps to address the causes of their gender pay gaps, and to better support employees who have experienced gender-based violence.
Coronavirus (Scotland) (No.2) Bill Groupings of Amendments for Stage 3 This document provides procedural information which will assist in preparing for and following proceedings on the above Bill.
For that reason, I welcome the increase in the funding for employability programmes in the budget, in particular, the programmes for parents who are looking to re-enter the workforce.
When we look at the broader picture, we see that the best way to help people who are in need of fuel assistance is to help them with better insulation and energy efficiency measures to reduce their energy bills.
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Date answered:
26 January 2023
This commitment and the scale of ambition built on the learning from our 2017 pilot Women Returners Programme. An initial Programme commenced in late 2020 which offered immediate support to women during the pandemic.
However, they obviously have to deal with the consequences of paying people wages that are sufficient for employees to feed themselves. It is also important to say that Governments have to pay world prices for some of the things that they provide.