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Introduced as a boon for civil liberties, freedom of information legislation has as many detractors as it has acolytes. Journalists, of course, love it.

OPINION 1 October 2024 by Rab Armour

https://tfn.scot/opinion/introduced-as-a-boon-for-civil-liberties-freedom-of-information-legislation-has-as-many-detractors-as-it-has-acolytes-journalists-of-course-love-it

Piecemeal approach to transfer of welfare powers criticised

NEWS 27 November 2014 by Paul Cardwell

Families & Young People

Children in Scotland welcomes consensus over new powers but questions approach to welfare transfer

https://tfn.scot/news/piecemeal-approach-to-transfer-of-welfare-powers-criticised

No TTIP: stop NHS privatisation

NEWS 10 October 2014 by Graham Martin

Health & Social Care

Campaigners say: no TTIP

https://tfn.scot/news/no-ttip-stop-nhs-privatisation

Record number of Scots now using foodbanks

NEWS 18 November 2015 by Rab Armour

Social Justice & Poverty

Foodbank referrals rise by 17% as low income increases and benefit cuts worsen

https://tfn.scot/news/record-number-of-scots-now-using-foodbanks

Poverty is sexist says world’s leading stars

NEWS 8 March 2016 by Rab Armour

Social Justice & Poverty

An open letter marking International Women's Day demands governments address gender inequality

https://tfn.scot/news/poverty-is-sexist-says-worlds-leading-stars

DWP job advisers to be placed in libraries and schools

NEWS 9 March 2016 by Rab Armour

Social Justice & Poverty

Controversial move will see many more DWP advisers in community settings

https://tfn.scot/news/dwp-job-advisers-to-be-placed-in-libraries-and-schools

The UN needs your views on human rights

OPINION 9 May 2016 Guest post

Health & Social Care

Sanchita Hosali believes the third sector has important evidence of human rights failures that the UN needs to hear

https://tfn.scot/opinion/the-un-needs-your-views-on-human-rights

To personalise employment services we need to know how it benefits people

OPINION 7 December 2018 Guest post

Families & Young People

Satwat Rehman responds to the first Fair Start Scotland statistics, and highlights the need for single parent participation to be tracked

https://tfn.scot/opinion/to-personalise-employment-services-we-need-to-know-how-it-benefits-people

Assembly co-ordinates war on poverty

NEWS 22 October 2015 by Graham Martin

Social Justice & Poverty

Campaigners gather to discuss the next steps in the war against poverty in Scotland

https://tfn.scot/news/assembly-will-co-ordinate-the-war-on-poverty

Sheku Bayoh’s family won’t wait years for justice

NEWS 25 July 2015 by Rab Armour

Social Justice & Poverty

An emotionally charged event in Glasgow demands justice for Fife man who died while being detained by police

https://tfn.scot/news/sheku-bayous-family-wont-wait-years-for-justice

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Introduced as a boon for civil liberties, freedom of information legislation has as many detractors as it has acolytes. Journalists, of course, love it.

Piecemeal approach to transfer of welfare powers criticised

No TTIP: stop NHS privatisation

Record number of Scots now using foodbanks

Poverty is sexist says world’s leading stars

DWP job advisers to be placed in libraries and schools

The UN needs your views on human rights

To personalise employment services we need to know how it benefits people

Assembly co-ordinates war on poverty

Sheku Bayoh’s family won’t wait years for justice

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