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On the point about digital exclusion in particular, the SRG highlighted that this is not only an issue for older people, and that anyone who is having their lives and devices monitored will face digital exclusion.
She said her children wanted to know what was happening and she felt she had to tell them that they may end up in a hotel, which she was later criticised by social work services for doing.Key themes from lived experience engagement with Members of Scottish Women's Aid: 11 June
South Lanarkshire Council commented that advice on housing options needs to be pr...
Women from the SRG also said the Scottish Government could apply pressure on SLAB now, before any reform comes through, to ensure it is doing all it can to meet the needs of victim/survivors within existing policy and legislation.Key themes from lived experience engagement with members of Scottish Women's Aid Survivor Reference Group: 26 March
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Sharon Wearing highlighted the importance of using people with lived experience as part of the commissioning process in order to deliver better outcomes.
The Policy Memorandum to the Bill outlines the Scottish Government’s objectives as follows:
The Bill is ambitious in responding to the need to improve the housing outcomes in Scotland for people who live mainly in rented accommodation or face homelessness.
Other 'housing support services' include any service which provides support, assistance, advice or counselling to an individual with particular needsto help a person to live or continue to live in their home.
The Regulations seek to give full effect in Scotland to the bilateral treaty signed by the UK Government with the Denmark seeking to ensure that Danish nationals living in the UK and UK nationals living in Denmark can exercise voting and candidacy rights in local elections.
“People have been deeply affected by these issues, and there must also be an improvement in the communication to those living in affected buildings. This includes clearer timescales for the work to take place and more detail of the remedial action being done.
Committee reports
Date published:
28 February 2024
themes arising from discussion
Challenges
Persuading consumers to choose sustainable alternatives;
Cost of living crisis and how it is influencing consumers behaviours;
Awareness of the circular economy and why it is important;
Access to capital investment to grow capacity and output;
Reliance on grant funding as part of overall budget;
Start-up investment ...
These changes have been required to fund inflationary pressures on people's "cost of living" and previously unbudgeted pay deals to maintain public services, resulting in knock-on implications across all other "non-pay" parts of the budget, and indeed, future budgets.