Applications open for Scottish Book Trust’s What’s Your Story? programme
Scottish Book Trust, the national charity transforming lives through reading and writing, has announced that applications are now open for their What’s Your Story? programme.
Now in its fifth year, the scheme has so far assisted around 30 young people from across Scotland to develop writing, illustration and performance projects. Continue reading Search begins for young teen writers and illustrators
Four hundred women gathered for Scottish Women Stand, a day to encourage participation in democracy, at the Scottish Parliament on Saturday. Continue reading Scotland’s Women Stand at Holyrood
Sometime between Saturday 31st August and Sunday 1st September 2019, a set production and prop company based in Lochside Road, Limerigg, near Falkirk was broken into and amongst other things, a large selection of replica police clothing and equipment was stolen. Continue reading Theft of Replica Police Clothing
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The TUC has called for new legal measures to tackle class discrimination in the workplace.
The call comes as a new TUC report reveals that graduates from wealthier backgrounds are more than twice as likely to be on a £30,000 starting salary than those from working-class backgrounds.
The TUC wants the government to:
The TUC says that without new anti-discrimination laws people from working-class backgrounds will continue to face unfair barriers at work and in society.
These include direct forms of discrimination, such as employer bias during job applications and interviews. And there are indirect forms of discrimination, such as the use of unpaid internships as a gateway into jobs.
As well as class discrimination, the report looks at other forms of disadvantage experienced by working-class people, such as low pay and the greater impact of austerity on working-class households.
The TUC says that stronger workplace rights are needed to counter the class privilege that remains in Britain today. Every worker must have the freedom to meet with a union at their workplace. And there must be stronger rights for workers to speak up on pay and conditions through trade unions.
TUC General Secretary Frances O’Grady said: “If you’re from a working-class family, the odds are still stacked against you.
“Everyone knows that getting that dream job is too often a case of who you know, not what you know.
“I want to issue a challenge to politicians. It’s high time we banned discrimination against working class people.
“This country is wasting some of our best skills and the talent. And if we don’t get change fast, it’s not just workers who will lose out – Britain will.
“Let’s have a new duty on employers to stamp out class prejudice once and for all.”
New schools will be built from Aberdeenshire to Ayrshire in the first phase of a nationwide £1 billion investment programme.
The Scottish Government will contribute funding of between £220 million and £275 million in partnership with local authorities across the country to replace 26 schools, with a further phase of investment to be announced within 12 months.
A new Currie Community High School is included in the first phase. Continue reading First class: New schools and campuses for Scotland
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Travelodge, Scotland’s first budget hotel chain which currently operates 568 hotels across the UK, Ireland and Spain is opening its 46th hotel in Scotland and its 11th hotel in Edinburgh in the lead up to Christmas. Continue reading Travelodge to open new hotel in Edinburgh
More young sufferers and their families will benefit from Beat’s vital support as the UK’s eating disorder charity has been awarded more than £1 million in National Lottery funding. Continue reading More people to be trained to spot eating disorders thanks to the National Lottery
Have the Tories got a heart after all? An extra month to claim back childcare costs could mean parents avoid missing out on up to £1,100 per month … Continue reading Change of heart? Parents and guardians given extra time to claim back childcare costs with Universal Credit
Members of the public, businesses and the tourism sector are being asked for their views on the design of a levy which would let local authorities, who deem it appropriate for their local circumstances, charge visitors a fee for staying overnight in their area. Continue reading Tourist Tax consultation launched
