Expert supports Lib Dem plans to subject politicians to PVGs
Ahead of the vote tomorrow, the Moira Anderson Foundation and its founder, child protection expert Sandra Brown, have urged MSPs to back the bid by Scottish Liberal Democrat Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP to require all elected members in Scotland to undergo a PVG check before they can spend time unsupervised with children or vulnerable adults.
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Help with warm homes
It was lovely meeting Jean at her home in Corstorphine this week. Jean benefited from a govt. grant to install a new boiler, heating system and front door at no cost, through Warmworks Scotland. If you receive a state benefit and live in a home that isn’t energy efficient you could qualify - you can find out more here - https://www.warmworks.co.uk/.
Corstorphine Community Sight Loss Group
So kind of the Corstorphine community sight-loss group let me gatecrash their Saturday get together at the Dower House. Learned a lot about issues that make the lives of people with visual impairment harder.
SNP u-turn on period poverty bill
The Scottish Government will now support Monica Lennon’s bill on free period products, despite previously withdrawing its support.
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Scottish Ambulance Service spent almost 2,000 hours dealing with malicious calls
Malicious calls to the Scottish Ambulance Service are putting lives at risk as new figures revealed that in the past five years there have been more than 7,000 malicious emergency calls requiring almost 2,000 hours of staff time.
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Long overdue report must address risk of future Queensferry Crossing closures
Three years after it was opened the bridge is still not complete. It is still without ice monitoring equipment, so staff are having to make do with binoculars.
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Lib Dems launch bid to subject all elected officials to PVG checks
I've announced that he will bid to make MSPs and all other elected members in Scotland subject to a PVG check, introducing a new safeguards for children and vulnerable adults and helping protect against people using elected status as a platform for predatory or exploitative behaviour.
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Lib Dems demand action on homeless deaths emergency
I've demanded both of Scotland’s governments urgently adopt new policies to tackle the “emergency” of homeless deaths, after the first ever statistics for Scotland revealed 195 homeless people died in 2018 - 4 a week.
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Community funding increase
Community groups will be able to apply for their share of more than £147,000 as Edinburgh Airport increases its Community Fund for 2020.
The fund allocates money to local initiatives that support health and wellbeing, the environment and education, with the total pot rising in line with yearly passenger numbers.
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FURTHER DELAY TO QUEENSFERRY CROSSING 1 YEAR REVIEW
Kevin Lang Liberal Democrat Councillor for Almond, and I have raised serious concerns about further delays to the Queensferry Crossing 1 year review.
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