Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations

Call for outright ban on fox hunting ahead of Boxing Day hunts

NEWS 26 December 2016 by Robert Armour

Social Justice & Poverty

Despite being banned loopholes mean hunts still regularly take place

https://tfn.scot/news/call-for-outright-ban-on-fox-hunting-ahead-of-boxing-day-hunts

Charities fear UK government will raid £2bn fund

NEWS 9 January 2018 by Robert Armour

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Proceeds from dormant assets could transform communities and support the third sector post-Brexit

https://tfn.scot/news/charities-fear-uk-government-will-raid-2bn-fund

Public bodies forced to prioritise poverty and equality

NEWS 19 July 2017 by Robert Armour

Social Justice & Poverty

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New legislation in Scotland will make public bodies consider how the wider public is affected by decision making

https://tfn.scot/news/public-bodies-forced-to-prioritise-poverty-and-equality

Scottish charities to be hit by new employer tax

OPINION 11 January 2016 Guest post

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Ruchir Shah explains how voluntary organisations that employ staff will be affected by the new Apprenticeship Levy

https://tfn.scot/opinion/scottish-charities-to-be-hit-by-new-employer-tax

Criminalising emotional neglect could see disabled parents lose children

NEWS 31 May 2018 by Gareth Jones

Health & Social Care

Campaigners have highlighted the importance of providing support for parents with learning disabilities before making emotional neglect a crime

https://tfn.scot/news/criminalising-emotional-neglect-could-see-disabled-parents-lose-children

Plans to remove rate relief for private schools progress

NEWS 26 June 2018 by Gareth Jones

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The Scottish Government has launched a consultation on its plans to make private schools pay extra taxes, sparking calls to examine charity status

https://tfn.scot/news/plans-to-remove-rate-relief-for-private-schools-progress

Windfarm cash cut is a huge step backwards

NEWS 18 June 2015 by Graham Martin

Environment & International

A controversial decision to axe key funding for onshore windfarms has been slammed as a huge backward step by a leading environmental group

https://tfn.scot/news/windfarm-cash-cut-is-a-huge-step-backwards

Welfare cuts will make 1,000 vulnerable young Scots homeless

NEWS 28 July 2015 by Robert Armour

Regeneration & Housing

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Warnings made that an extra 1,000 young Scots will be made homeless if Tories' housing benefit cap is enforced

https://tfn.scot/news/welfare-cuts-will-make-1000-vulnerable-young-scots-homeless

This government cares not one jot for the ordinary people of this country

OPINION 19 January 2017 Guest post

Social Justice & Poverty

Maggie Lennon says those who voted for Brexit now appear to have been turkeys voting for their own early Christmas

https://tfn.scot/opinion/this-government-cares-not-one-jot-for-the-ordinary-people-of-this-country

SNP disability regulations underwhelming and unambitious

OPINION 27 January 2022 by Pam Duncan-Glancy MSP

Social Justice & Poverty

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Plans for Scotland’s replacement for Personal Independence Payment do not go far enough

https://tfn.scot/opinion/snp-disability-regulations-underwhelming-and-unambitious

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Call for outright ban on fox hunting ahead of Boxing Day hunts

Charities fear UK government will raid £2bn fund

Public bodies forced to prioritise poverty and equality

Scottish charities to be hit by new employer tax

Criminalising emotional neglect could see disabled parents lose children

Plans to remove rate relief for private schools progress

Windfarm cash cut is a huge step backwards

Welfare cuts will make 1,000 vulnerable young Scots homeless

This government cares not one jot for the ordinary people of this country

SNP disability regulations underwhelming and unambitious

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