Browsing: Holyrood

Record Number of Real Living Wage Employers The number of Scottish employers registered as paying the real Living Wage has hit a new high of 3,500.…

Funding for Mental Health & Wellbeing Services Up to Ā£2.23 million of funding is being made available to third sector organisations providing counselling, peer support and…

Legislation to Improve Protection for Wildlife Scotlandā€™s wildlife will benefit from increased protection thanks to a new law passed by the Scottish Parliament. The Wildlife Management…

What Does it Mean? Scotland stands at the forefront of renewable energy, having achieved the incredible milestone of generating more than 100% of Scotlandā€™s electricity demand for first…

Like-for-like Devolved Benefit for Seamless Transition Plans have been unveiled for a Scottish Adult Disability Living Allowance ā€“ a new benefit to provide continued support to…

Greater Protections for Victims & Communities New laws to tackle the harm caused by hatred and prejudice come into force next month. The Hate Crime and…

Continued Cost of Living Support for Parents More than 292,000 baby boxes have been delivered to expectant parents since the launch of the scheme in 2017…

Support for Victims & the Role of Schools Victims of sexual violence and domestic abuse will be able to access support quicker thanks to an additional…

Chairs Appointed for Inquiry & Reviews Appointed Health Secretary Neil Gray has appointed chairs for the Public Inquiry and Independent Clinical Reviews into the actions of…