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. […] The longer the current situation goes on, the more unsustainable and corrosive it gets for our democratic culture, because it is a roadblock on democratic decision making and a denial of a democratic right of self-determination.7Scottish Parliament. (2025).
They could have a job that is 9 till 5, not 9 till midnight or … beyond that [while thinking] if people are leaving around me, am I [going to] get more work? [And] they’re the ones that bring a lot of energy in the classrooms….
During evidence on the 10th of September, Phil Fairlie from the POAS told us: “Perhaps there is something to be done with regard to the recruitment process and how we describe what the organisation is and what we expect of staff, because people who come in are very quickly turning around and leaving, either because they realise that it is not an environment that they are comfortable in or because the job is not what they thought they were coming to do— the role that they thought they were going to play is not what is asked of them when they get...
Enabling the Scottish economy to get maximum benefit from digital asset technologies
Some respondents to the call for views called for more action from the Scottish Government to enable Scotland to realise the full economic benefits from digital asset-based technologies.
It often also involves consuming water resources to cool them.Proof of Stake (PoS)Enables participants (validators) in the network to earn the right to participate in validation by staking cryptocurrency. Validators staking higher amounts get more chances to carry out validation, and thus earn more cryptocurrency.Much more energy efficient as it does not re...
Committee reports
Date published:
19 December 2025
Scottish Land and Estates noted that some landlords felt it was a positive change, and that they may be a neutral party in any dispute, whilst others were “a bit more wary, as they do not want to get stuck in the middle of family disputes and that kind of thing”.
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The SRG highlighted that which firms offer legal aid for family law is opaque, and that information on this needs to be more easily available so victim/survivors are not forced to waste time getting in touch with solicitors who cannot help them.
The staff member could then liaise with others across the council, as well as externally with Social Security Scotland and the Department for Work and Pensions, to get information on the support needed.