Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Vale of Leven and Helensburgh has today joined calls to give free travel on public transport to all NHS staff.
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VIRUS: WE NEED TO VALUE OUR HOMECARE STAFF
We may clap for the NHS, who are visible, but homecare workers are largely unseen and are not given the basic essentials they require for the challenging tasks they find inside the houses and lives of the vulnerable, writes RUTH HUNT
THE DEMOCRAT MAKES NATIONAL NEWS
‘The council’s move against The Dumbarton Democrat is wholly anti-democratic. There has not been a motion before the council to ban either my website or me as its editor. I have complained to Scotland’s First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, about the council’s serious attack on press freedom, but I did not receive a reply.
VIRUS: ANOTHER STEP TOWARDS SECRET SCOTLAND
FoI campaigners are alarmed at proposals to delay deadlines for public agencies to respond to FoI requests fivefold, meaning that requesters could end up waiting up to ten months.
SCOTTISH REVIEW IS NOT TO BE MISSED TODAY
Cartoon in today’s Scottish Review by Bob Smith. Lots of other interesting articles, news, comments and reflections here: https://www.scottishreview.net/BobSmith518a.html?utm_source=Sign-Up.to&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=8427-398379-The+two+fronts+of+Covid-19 And there is one too on The Dumbarton Democrat’s ongoing battle over Press freedom with the SNP.
VIRUS: EDINBURGH BOOK FESTIVAL IS CANCELLED
It is with great sadness that I have to tell you the Edinburgh International Book Festival will not take place in August this year due to the risks surrounding the Covid-19 pandemic.