Please Support Talking-up Scotland at:https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/support-talking-up-scotlandClick on the above.Or direct bank transfer at Sort Code 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 Name – JOHN ROBERTSON The Herald today has: The Scottish Government faces a new transparency row over civil servants working from home as statistics are set to be withheld until after the Holyrood election. Pressure is mounting on SNP ministers to crack down on officials who refuse to work from the office as part of the Scottish Government’s hybrid working policy. Where is this ‘mounting pressure’ coming from? Anyone else? Nope, that’s it. Pathetic. Is there any evidence that any half-decent journalist might easily access and use in … Continue reading Major research funded by Conservative Government in 2020 reveals ‘home working generally supports productivity’ but Scottish Cons, all by themselves, are causing ‘mounting pressure’ on SNP ‘secrecy’ about it according to journalist who has not read the research

Please Support Talking-up Scotland at:https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/support-talking-up-scotlandClick on the above.Or direct bank transfer at Sort Code 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 Name – JOHN ROBERTSON From BBC Leicestershire today, the above and: A youth worker has warned girls in a market town are being lured into drug running by gangs operating across county lines. Kate Champneys has worked with several teenagers in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, who she said were groomed with gifts and affection. Champneys, of the Engage Youth and Family Service, which supports vulnerable young people, said: “They’ll end up being runners for the men who get hold of them, they’ll give … Continue reading County lines gang members who ‘have been through the justice system in England’ target vulnerable women in Highlands months before they do same in England?

if he misses the Government’s child poverty reduction target. The Scottish Government is publishing its ‘Tackling Child Poverty Delivery Plan for the next five years. Social Justice Secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville said the Government’s plans will focus on ‘tackling the root causes of child poverty. Anti-poverty charities say progress ahs been made but there is still significant distance between where we are now and targets which are meant to be met by 2030. Please Support Talking-up Scotland at:https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/support-talking-up-scotlandClick on the above.Or direct bank transfer at Sort Code 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 Name – JOHN ROBERTSON BBC Reporting Scotland in the BBC … Continue reading Do BBC Scotland’s unnamed ‘anti-poverty charities’ doubting that John Swinney’s child poverty targets will be met, five years from now, include the one whose head says the revolutionary Child Payment and SNP’s commitment to reverse two-child limit is just ‘doing the same things day after day’ as she continues to campaign for Labour and aims for an honour like Pam Duncan Glancy

Please Support Talking-up Scotland at:https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/support-talking-up-scotlandClick on the above.Or direct bank transfer at Sort Code 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 Name – JOHN ROBERTSON Many thanks to cuckooshoe for reminding us of the above and seeing through what the London-based IFS is up to in this election period. Source: https://www.sqainternational.org.uk/sqa/114509.html The earlier TuS posts on this topic: Please Support Talking-up Scotland at:https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/support-talking-up-scotlandClick on the above.Or direct bank transfer at Sort Code 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 Name – JOHN ROBERTSON Continue reading Why the London lads at the IFS are regurgitating the unreliable 2022 Pisa results and trying to forget the 2025 ‘landmark year’ in an election year

Please Support Talking-up Scotland at:https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/support-talking-up-scotlandClick on the above.Or direct bank transfer at Sort Code 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 Name – JOHN ROBERTSON The Ferret reveals today: A Ferret investigation has found there was no registration to sell vapes at the Union Street premises in Glasgow where a major fire started – and we can reveal the name of the company behind the shop. https://www.theferret.scot/revealed-company-behind-vape-shop-fire-had-not-paying-business-rates-or-registered-to-sell-vapes/ Can Scotland do anything about these clearly dangerous sales from high street shops in areas frequented by the vulnerable, the very young and the elderly? No. Why? The United Kingdom Internal Market 2020 legislation was designed … Continue reading The UK Internal Market Act means that Scotland cannot prevent the sale of dangerous vapes in shops