Child Disability Payment will be the next new benefit to be introduced by the Scottish Government. In an update to the Scottish Parliament today, Cabinet Secretary for Social Security Shirley-Anne Somerville said Social Security Scotland will start taking applications from summer 2021 as part of a pilot, ahead of a full roll-out across the country from autumn 2021.
The Highland Council Trading Standards team are keen to promote National Consumer Week (NCW) 2020. This year's campaign will focus on raising awareness of consumer shopping rights online and what consumers can do when things go wrong.
The Highland Council is today (17 November 2020) launching a consultation giving the community until 12 March 2021 to comment on the proposed contents of the Common Good Fund Asset Register for Wick. The Highland Council does not currently hold a Common Good Fund for the former Royal Burgh of Wick.
Scotland's Chief Statistician today released further breakdowns of homelessness data by age, gender and ethnicity. Findings for 2019-20 show: compared to the Scottish population, those assessed as homeless are more likely to be: male (55% vs 48%); single adult and single parent households (88% vs 59%); in the 16-49 age range (86% vs 52%); and non-White (14% vs 5%).
Veterans across Scotland will continue to have access to a range of welfare and psychological support with more funding for mental health services. The Scottish Government is providing Veterans First Point Scotland with more than £658,000 to continue to deliver its services in 2021-22.
Brexit Questions - Did You Even Know School Milk in Scotland was subsidised by the EU? Or that Vegans would like an end to school milk. Children and young people will continue to be able to access subsidised milk in schools, despite a funding gap caused by Brexit.
Biotech company Moderna has published positive efficacy results from its Phase 3 studies of its potential COVID-19 vaccine. Biotech company Moderna today (Monday 16 November) published positive efficacy results from its Phase 3 studies of its potential COVID-19 vaccine, showing it to be nearly 95% effective in preventing coronavirus.
The human toll and global economic disruption from the COVID-19 pandemic triggered unprecedented demand for financing. More than 1/3 of the International Monetary Fund's membership have received relief from the Fund.
Issued by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency . Women using modafinil are being warned of an increased risk of birth defects associated with modafinil use during pregnancy.
UK energy market regulator Ofgem will hold a tender for the offshore transmission licences for the 900-MW Moray East and 857-MW Triton Knoll offshore wind farms. The competitive round will open on November 30, 2020, the watchdog said last week.
Many new wind farms ae going up with investments by the European Bank and Chinese commercial interests. This is one of many.
Projects receive funding to promote healthy eating. Projects working with young families to encourage healthy eating and good nutrition have been awarded a share of more than £600,000 of funding.
Digital device funding to keep residents connected with their loved ones. New funding has been announced to provide around 1,400 care homes in Scotland with digital devices to connect those receiving care with their loved ones.
Steps to mitigate UK ‘No Recourse to Public Funds' policy. A further £278,784 is being made available to six organisations supporting people subject to No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF).
New framework to help Health Boards prioritise Elective Care. As NHS Scotland prioritises essential and urgent care as well as continuing to treat Coronavirus (COVID-19) patients, new guidance has been published to ensure patients with the greatest need are treated first.
Issued by the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy. The UK has today revealed its first sponsors for COP26 as it drives climate action in the run up to the international climate change summit in Glasgow.
There are many companies after your pension money but do they provide good advice if the main motive is their profits. Check first with government advice services before you do anything.
Prime Minister confirms that more than 4.3 million sq km of some of the world's most precious marine environment will be protected. UK exceeds target of protecting 4 million sq km of ocean in the Overseas Territories, as Tristan da Cunha announces new Marine Protection Zone.
Following the news that Pfizer's vaccine for COVID-19 is showing signs of 90% efficacy, there's been a lot of excitement about the end of the pandemic being in sight. Sir John Bell, regius professor of medicine at the University of Oxford, has even suggested that life could return to normal by spring.
The European Space Agency has given the green light to the world's first space telescope dedicated to studying how exoplanet atmospheres form and evolve. Its mission is to understand the links between a planet's chemistry and its environment by charting approximately 1,000 known planets outside our own Solar System, arming scientists with a full picture of what exoplanets are made of, how they were formed and how they will evolve.
