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Download as PDF - SCVO Social Security Bill Briefing Stage 2 Part 2 Our position The Scottish Government’s,If the Scottish Government is committed to realising rights, a rights-based approach must be embedded,throughout the legislation, failure to do so, will allow future governments to ignore the Scottish Government,The Scottish Government have recognised that through a rights-based approach to social security we can,Open Government ambitions.

Do we have good governance in place to ensure we are well run?,we are launching an ‘I Love Charity’ campaign to inspire trust in charities, to promote better governance

to ensure that the principles in the Bill, something we have heard a lot about from the Scottish Government,Astoundingly, despite the Scottish Governments rhetoric around a social security system based on human,The Scottish Government have recognised that through a rights-based approach to social security we can,third sector and civil society for inspiration and advice as we continue to work with the Scottish Government

The Scottish Government must use the benefits system to really dig into poverty alleviation: as today,look in detail at the effect of income tax cuts on poverty rates in Scotland, using the Scottish Government’s,So, if the intention of the tax cut put forward by the Scottish Government is to help reduce poverty,,Assuming that the intention of Government – and of Parliament – is to overcome poverty in Scotland, what,We applaud the importance that both this Government and Parliament have placed on reducing poverty –

Withdrawal) Bill, we still hold real concerns about the stock transfer of power from parliament to the government,counterparts in Wales – WCVA - to offer our backing to amendments tabled by the Scottish and Welsh Governments,While these amendments were defeated in the House of Commons, it seems that the UK Government have accepted,At SCVO we welcomed the recent publication of the Scottish Government’s refreshed Scottish Government,It merits a wider discussion and now requires proper engagement and responses from the UK Government

of what works, as well as supporting the third sector’s engagement with the forthcoming Scottish Government,Health and Sport Committee’s short inquiry into obesity, and the consultation paper on the Scottish Government’s

With MSPs back from the summer recess, the First Minister outlined her Programme for Government for the,The programme was trailed as the Scottish Government’s “most ambitious plan ever”, containing details,Rights of the Child into policy and legislation was promised and it was made clear that the Scottish Government,With the prospect of a ‘live experiment’ in the offing, we need to work with the Scottish Government,Like so many budgets and programmes for government before, this week’s announcement is packed with warm

On International Women’s day Sheghley Ogilvie looks at issues around gender equality, from ‘every day sexism’ to the serious social problems that stem from basic inequality. This week I went for lunch with a friend. We chatted about this and that and as we all do from time-to...

Responsibility for employability was eventually transferred to the Scottish Government as part of the,changes to people’s lives can make money out of you then that seems to be fine with the Scottish Government

talks in London today (5 February) and must think he has entered the twilight zone - dealing with a Government,According to last week's leaked Government analysis, the UK will be left worse off under all economic,At the end of his talks with the Government, Michel Barnier warned that being outside the customs union