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Parents of young people who were severely ill and suicidal have spoken to me about their son or daughter being discharged into their care with very little support or even guidance on how to keep them safe.
When I look at the population mix in my son’s class—his primary school is in Blairgowrie in rural Scotland—I see that a significant proportion of the children are from families who have come to Scotland very recently; many of them are from eastern Europe.
Thinking back to when I used my income support to buy my baby son’s babygrows from charity shops, I was not thinking about the circular economy nor about reducing, reusing and recycling.