Tag: Politics

Climate Strikes: Green MSPs urge councils to support schools strike action

Scottish Green MSPs Alison Johnstone and Andy Wightman are calling for councils across Lothian to support – not punish – young people who choose to strike from school to highlight the urgent need for climate action, ahead of the planned global strike on Friday 15th March. Continue reading Climate Strikes: Green MSPs urge councils to support schools strike action

Holyrood committee backs Transport Bill … but calls for clarity

Holyrood’s Rural Economy and Connectivity Committee has endorsed the general principles of the Transport (Scotland) Bill but has warned that some of the proposed measures will stretch the financial rrsources of cash-strapped local councils.
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No more Nasty Party? Amber Rudd softens approach to disabled pensioners

Hundreds of thousands of disabled pensioners will no longer have to go through unnecessary reassessments for disability benefits, Work and Pensions Secretary Amber Rudd announced yesterday. While charities welcomed the announcement, they argue that the measures just don’t go far enough. Continue reading No more Nasty Party? Amber Rudd softens approach to disabled pensioners

Brexit bribe? £1.6 billion Stronger Towns Fund launched

The UK Government has launched a new £1.6 bn Stronger Towns Fund. The fund, which was announced yesterday, will be targeted at places ‘that have not shared in the proceeds of growth in the same way as more prosperous parts of the country’. Opposition parties say the new fund amounts to little more than a ‘Brexit bung’. Continue reading Brexit bribe? £1.6 billion Stronger Towns Fund launched