The New Scots Refugee Integration Strategy, which has been endorsed by UNHCR, the United Nations’ Refugee Agency, sets out a vision for how the country can welcome and support people to rebuild their lives from the day they arrive.
Nicola Sturgeon says the next few months are a window of opportunity for those working to protect Scotland’s place in Europe, and particularly its membership of the European Single Market.
The first baby boxes of 2018 will begin to be delivered today to expectant families in Scotland, in preparation for the arrival of some of the first babies of the new year.
Too much emphasis is placed on targets in the health service that say little about the overall quality of care, says Peter Bennie, Chair of BMA Scotland.
In its latest state of the nation report, Poverty in Scotland 2017, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation finds the country has made significant headway on reducing poverty over the last 20 years. However, the latest single year figures show an increase in child poverty in Scotland.
The Church of Scotland has welcomed a UK Supreme Court decision that will allow the Scottish Government to press on with plans to introduce a minimum unit price for alcohol.
A former Moderator of the Church of Scotland who used the role to demand action to end homelessness has been appointed to a Scottish Government task group.
Quakers in Britain have welcomed the Scottish government announcement on 3 October 2017 that fracking is set to be permanently banned following "overwhelming" public support for outlawing the controversial process,
More and more social tenants in Scotland are struggling to pay the first month’s rent in advance as a result of welfare reforms, making it even more difficult for them to find and keep a home, according to a report from Shelter Scotland.Published in collaboration with Scottish Federation of Housing Associations.