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If our organisations are calling for the living wage but they have people on zero-hours contracts whom they are not paying the living wage, that represents the erosion of values that I am talking about.
We should remember that 60 per cent of all children who live in poverty live in a household in which there is a child aged under six, so the policy will make a huge difference.
From that, we know that 45 per cent of service users are single adults under 65; we also know that 3 per cent of service users are pensioners living alone, but that 14 per cent of the population are pensioners living alone.
That may be an issue that needs to be looked at properly but, obviously, accused people do not live in isolation from everyone else—they live as part of families.
Food waste is an important element of a zero waste programme. I live in the Perth and Kinross Council area, where we have separated out food waste for some time.
Alistair was dedicated to public service and to improving the lives of less fortunate people. His own life was spent in the service of the people of Scotland and the UK.