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Age Scotland and Citizens Advice are urging people at home, especially the elderly, to be aware of telephone scams. The Scam Awareness campaign runs until 28 June and Age Scotland has produced a leaflet covering te variety of scams out there and how to avoid them. Download here.

An excellent bill from Johann Lamont seeking a national strategy to help young people with disabilities transition to adulthood. Key provisions of the Disabled Children and Young People (Transitions) (Scotland) Bill: * The Scottish Government to introduce a national transitions strategy to improve outcomes for children and young people with a disability in the transition …

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Met with the owner of Union of Genius this week, Edinburgh’s much-loved soup café. Like lots of local businesses, there are many concerns around re-opening and ways to handle rent and accrued debt during #Covid19. These issues, plus accessibility, green space and sustainability, were on the menu for discussion. But one thing is clear: Edinburgh …

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Happy to submit a parliamentary motion this week congratulating a group of young people from Lothians schools on making the Scottish National Debating Team. Well done to Lachlan White (George Watson’s College), Eoghan Connolly (Douglas Academy), Emma Bell (Broxburn Academy), Freddy Simonet-Lefevre (Craigmount High School) & Oscar Swire from (Stewart’s Melville College) In addition, Emma …

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The outgoing President of the Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS), the country’s largest teaching union, will today use his final speech in office to warn against a return to the damaging programme of austerity that has decimated public services over the past decade. The EIS President, Bill Ramsay, will also highlight the immense scale of …

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