Adult adoptees are taking desperate measures to obtain their family ‘health histories’
Adult adoptees are calling for access to genetic testing to address the ‘health gap’ caused by their lack of information about genetically inherited conditions.
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The FFS Show 33: Are Councils Working?
Sam and Ali are back with a special podcast about our latest ‘Are Councils Working?’ series in conjunction with The
Ministers urged to reject new Peterhead gas plant
A proposed gas plant at Peterhead is on “rotten foundations” and could “seriously jeopardise” Scotland’s climate targets, the Scottish
Critics call for reform of Scotland’s local authorities
Decentralisation of power from Holyrood, full devolution of local taxes and directly elected mayors are among the proposals made by
Councillors not guaranteed maternity leave despite Scottish Government promises
Councillors are working without basic legal protections such as the right to paid maternity and family leave – even though the
Women councillors faced sexual harassment, abuse and racism
Women who served as councillors across Scotland have faced threats of violence, racist abuse, and sexual harassment during their time
Future ‘bleak’ as council data reveals neighbourhood cutbacks
New figures have laid bare staffing reductions in neighbourhood services in the last five years leading to cuts in parks,
Scottish councils pay ‘eye-watering’ sums of interest to UK treasury
Interest payments on historic loans taken out from the UK treasury have cost Scotland’s councils over £400m in the
Council contracts with debt collectors worth up to £20m
Local authorities have been accused of issuing “escalating threats” to people behind on their council tax, after The Ferret found
Government gives backing to journalism body – but no cash
The Scottish Government has backed a proposal to set up a new independent agency aimed at stemming the collapse of
Industry lobbies MSPs to back nuclear power
The UK nuclear industry has stepped up its lobbying of MSPs in a bid to get the Scottish Parliament to
STUC accuse Scottish Government of ‘tartan Tory austerity’ at cost-of-living summit
Scotland’s Trades Union Congress (STUC) has issued a call for further Scottish Government intervention on the cost of living
Scots pension funds invest nearly half a billion in firms still doing business in Russia
Scotland’s two largest local government pension funds have nearly half a billion pounds invested in firms which are still