KEZ CALLS ON RUTH DAVIDSON TO END ‘RAPE CLAUSE’ SILENCE
11 April 2017
Below is Kezia Dugdale's Daily Record column calling on Ruth Davidson to end her shameful silence on the Tories' disgusting 'rape clause':
“SHE is different to other Tories”.
It’s a familiar refrain when people talk about Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson.
But if that really is the case, why hasn’t...Read More »
We need to create more opportunities for our young people
9th April 2017
Youth employment levels in Scotland still haven’t recovered from the global financial crash.
Before the full onset of the financial crisis the number of 16-24 year olds in employment stood at 365,000.
The latest figures show that youth employment has not recovered to pre-crisis levels and currently stands at 341,000.
What...Read More »
Our Child Benefit plan would help half a million families
8th April 2017
Labour’s plans to boost child benefit would help over half a millions Scottish families and nearly 1 million kids.
We want to see child benefit increased by £240 by 2020.
This move will lift thousands of children out of poverty and put money back into the pockets of working class...Read More »
Scotland has a hidden jobs crisis
7th April 2017
Scotland has a hidden jobs crisis, with real unemployment standing at nearly 10 per cent.
Analysis from the independent Scottish Parliament Information Centre (SPICe) has revealed that real unemployment in Scotland between 2015 and 2016 stood at 322,000 – or 9.4 per cent of the labour market.
Why is real...Read More »
We can make working poverty history
6 April 2017
Working poverty in Scotland is at its highest level since devolution.
Since 2007 the number of households in poverty where at least one adult works has increased by 150,000 to 420,000. That’s a failure of the SNP in government, and a sign of a broken economy.
A job should be...Read More »