Cllr Fiona Dugdale
@FionaDugdale1
@Scottishlabour councillor for Tranent, Wallyford and Macmerry Ward on @ELCouncil & Spokesperson for Education and Children's Services.
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How true!
Thankyou Jay Blades MBE
We echo your thought of the day and thank all our volunteers from the bottom of our hearts!
We are a volunteer led charity, run by the bereaved, for the bereaved and could not exist if we did not have the incredible love and support from our…
At their peak there were around 3000 sure start centres - a one stop shop for under 5s and parents - more than a thousand were closed in post 2020 austerity - others folded into other services. Now we have long term Institute for Fiscal Studies research that they paid for themselves
🗓️ From today, most benefit rates rise by 6.7% due to the normal annual ‘uprating’ rules to match inflation.
📉 But even after this, #UniversalCredit ’s basic rate will still fall far short of what’s needed to afford essentials like food, household bills and vital travel.🧵1/5
One of my earliest TV memories is ABBA winning Eurovision with Waterloo. That was an astonishing 50 years ago today. As a tribute to one of the greatest Eurovision Song Contest songs – and one of my favourite groups - here’s a reflective version of #Waterloo . EBU #Eurovision
🗓️ Today is the 7th anniversary of the two-child limit to benefit payments.
7 years of families being subjected to the limit to benefit payments and being pushed into poverty.
🗣️ In this election year all parties must commit to scrapping this unfair sibling tax. #AllKidsCount
I simply cannot tell you how happy I am to see this as the most-read article on The Herald during #AutismAcceptanceWeek .
It was written by a 14 year old autistic girl, and there's no paywall.
Please, please read it. It's so important.
heraldscotland.com/opinion/242291…