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We have therefore seen the £1 or £2 levy becoming a charge of at least up to 10 per cent on all accommodation. During the cost of living crisis, many people have looked to have a cheaper holiday.
To add to that disgrace, two weeks ago, Labour voted against a budget that maintained teacher numbers, doubled funding for attainment in schools, and delivered the living wage to social care workers across our country.
The review points out that people in remote and rural locations are more likely to report negatively about out-of-hours care and that there is concern among people living in those areas about the distance from access to out-of-hours care.
I remind the minister that that investigation is not properly under way yet, and that it cannot proceed until the police have concluded their investigations.I have eight constituents whose lives are currently devastated by the revelations at Mortonhall.
There is a big opportunity to come together around issues such as the living wage. We are contributing to that by introducing a living wage for all Scottish Government staff of £7.15 an hour.
There will continue to be a difference of opinion on the matter right through this process, and we will have to live with that. The situation was allowed for in the Scotland Act 1998.
Committee reports
Date published:
13 November 2017
Sleepovers
We have continued to pursue with the Scottish Government its progress on delivering the Scottish Living Wage to staff employed to provide sleepover care.
All interns on these programmes are paid at least the Scottish living wage for the work they do and these programmes are currently operating on a conversion rate of between 75 and 80 per cent of placements leading to permanent employment.