No charter of fundamental rights in Repeal Bill
The EU (withdrawal) bill, also known as the “great repeal bill” which will formally enact Brexit , includes a clause that says: “The charter of fundamental rights is [...]
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Stronger human rights role for Scottish Parliament?
The Commission on Parliamentary Reform set out to test how the Scottish Parliament has responded to the developments of the last 18 years and how well placed it is to deal [...]
Children and Young People (Information Sharing) (Scotland) Bill – evidence by 25th August
In its judgment on 28 July 2016, the Supreme Court determined that the information sharing provisions contained within the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 [...]
New statement on Privatising Public Services
The European Network of National Human Rights Institutions, which includes the Scottish Human Rights Commission, has published a statement on issues around business and human [...]
Launch of new support for disabled people in transitions and employability
The Scottish Government has launched a series of new schemes aimed at supporting young disabled people across the country. The first wave of the Scottish Independent Living [...]
Pressure mounts for Universal Credit to be halted
Thousands of Scots are being left in poverty and debt says Citizens Advice Scotland. The charity has called on the scheme to be paused until significant issues have been [...]
Rise in poor and hungry schoolchildren prompts demands for government action
Teachers are personally providing food and money for children living in poverty, the Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS) has learned. A rise in the number of children [...]
Trial initiative to end ‘period poverty’
The six-month initiative across seven regeneration areas in Aberdeen is aimed at tackling “period poverty” which sees some women unable to afford sanitary protection. [...]
Charity leaders head up new poverty and equality commission
Nicola Sturgeon has announced the creation of a new poverty and equality commission after two years of campaigning by anti-poverty groups. Douglas Hamilton, director of the [...]
Social security bill fails to ban hated private contractors
Scotland’s new social security bill will continue to allow private contractors to undertake disability assessments. This is despite promises to use legislation to ban the [...]
