Priority will be to deliver Scottish Child Payment. Social Security Secretary Shirley Anne Somerville has updated Parliament on the impact of coronavirus (COVID-19) on social security services in Scotland.
This statement from Ministry of Justice and Her Majesty's Prison and Probation Service applies to England and Wales. Pregnant women in custody who do not pose a high risk of harm to the public will be temporarily released from prison.
Fraser of Allander Institute - March 31, 2020 Just three weeks ago, the OBR published forecasts of 1.1% growth in 2020. How times have changed.
DINGWALL, Dingwall & Highland Marts, (April, 1st) sold 3,913 sheep of all classes including the annual spring sale of ewe lambs. Ewe lambs (1,654) averaged £67.74 (-5.52 on the year) and sold to £90 gross (trice) for pens of Cheviots from Viewbay, Munlochy, (twice) and a pen of Beltex crosses from Simpsons croft, Scotsburn.
More than 200 machines adapted to aid coronavirus response. NHS staff have helped boost the stock of ventilators, crucial for the care of those suffering from coronavirus (COVID-19), by repurposing more than 200 anaesthetic machines.
There is nothing surer, The rich get richer and the poor get poorer - lyrics of Gus Kahn. Bill Paterson's Economy in the Scottish Review In those two simple lines, Gus Kahn teaches us more about economics than many an economist's 500-odd page book does.
This blog is part of a special series on the response to the coronavirus from the International Monetary Fund By Giovanni Dell'Ariccia, Paolo Mauro, Antonio Spilimbergo, and Jeromin Zettelmeyer. The COVID-19 pandemic is a crisis like no other.
Like many other populist leaders around the world, including Donald Trump, Jair Bolsanaro in Brazil, and Imran Khan in Pakistan, Mexican President Andres Manuel López Obrador (commonly known as AMLO) has mostly taken a dangerously dismissive and outright irresponsible attitude toward the coronavirus. Vanda Felbab-Brown, Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for 21st Century Security and Intelligence writing for Brookings Read the full item HERE About Brookings The Brookings Institution is a nonprofit public policy organization based in Washington, DC.
Caithness food Bank has been busier than ever but managing to keep support going in both centres in Caithness. The team of volunteers are adhering go the Covid19 guidance and quite a few are staying at home due to their age and/or vulnerability.
During this time of restrictions it is important that we all stay active, for our physical health and mental well being. Recreation outside is an important element of this, but it is essential that each of us practice good social distancing while outside.
The Highland Council has added more change to its recycling advice today (31st March 2020). The public are advised that until further notice, textile bank servicing by charities across the region has ceased or is severely disrupted due to staff shortages.
MSP concerned that owners of self-catering businesses will still go without business support during coronavirus crisis. Owners of self-catering businesses have got back in touch with Highlands and Islands Labour MSP, Rhoda Grant, to say they are still not eligible for the business support grant, despite positive announcements from the Scottish Government's Finance Secretary.
Additional funding of £15 million will be provided to GP practices to help them cope with extra pressures arising from coronavirus (COVID-19). Around a third of the funding is intended to allow practices to remain open on Good Friday and Easter Monday if it is safe to do so - helping to alleviate pressures on out-of-hours services.
Specialist units are operating to combat misinformation about coronavirus and five to ten incidents are being identified and tackled each day. Specialist units across government are working at pace to combat false and misleading narratives about coronavirus, ensuring the public has the right information to protect themselves and save lives.
The Foreign & Commonwealth Office announces a new government partnership with airlines to fly back more tourists stranded abroad due to the coronavirus pandemic. partnership between government and airlines to fly home stranded British travellers.
NHS resources dedicated to tackling COVID-19. Due to the rapidly changing situation with Coronavirus (COVID-19) the Scottish Government is to temporarily pause a number of screening programmes.
Glasgow's Scottish Events Campus to provide medical treatment. A temporary hospital with an initial 300 beds is to be created in the Scottish Events Campus (SEC) in Glasgow to increase patient capacity during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
A joint statement from the Government, Ofcom and the telecommunications industry. Following constructive discussions with the Digital Secretary and Ofcom, the UK's major telecommunications providers have today agreed a set of important commitments to support and protect vulnerable consumers and those who may become vulnerable due to circumstances arising from Covid-19.
The first free food boxes containing essential supplies have been delivered in England to those at highest risk from coronavirus. Government confirms first boxes have been delivered to those at highest risk from coronavirus as biggest effort to deliver supplies to those in need since World War Two begins.
Improved distribution system for vital equipment. New measures are being introduced to further improve the distribution of personal protective equipment (PPE) to health and social care staff.
