From SNP Media New analysis shows the Westminster government has presided over the least generous unemployment benefits in North West Europe for the past two decades. The analysis from the House of Commons Library [See Notes] has revealed that when 16 types of households on average unemployment benefits are compared over twenty years across 14 countries in North West Europe (including the UK), the UK ranks lowest in 95% of cases. For the latest year available – 2019 for Switzerland and 2020 for the other 13 countries – the UK is only better in 2% of cases, equal in 1%… Read more Continue reading House of Commons Library reveals UK welfare least supportive in NW Europe

In the Herald today: Covid travel misery for fully-vaccinated patients missing from Scots jag database: AN ITALIAN national living in Glasgow says she feels “trapped in a crazy bureaucratic nightmare” over failed attempts to obtain her Covid vaccination certificate. Paola Rizzato, 48, received both of her jags in Glasgow after moving from England to Scotland with her English husband in February, but there is no record of her in the NHS Inform website which links patients to their certificates. Paolo is not new to this Herald ‘PREMIUM’ world. On May 26th: A woman who moved to Scotland from England says she was left “at… Read more Continue reading Is deceit a Lib Dem requirement?