Drawing on documentary analysis and two phases of evidence gathering from practitioners, their managers and local authority officers, this paper presents some of the key findings from the review, set within the context of the early years debate and the ...
“Of the £2 billion a year that the Scottish Government invests to support people on low incomes, over £670 million is already targeted at children. Through the range of new payments delivered by Social Security Scotland, low income families receive, in the early years of each chil...
However, the review was welcomed by the early-years sector due to its recommendation that the Scottish government remove business rates for nurseries. Purnima Tanuku, chief executive of the National Day Nurseries Association, urged the Scottish government to accept the recommendation, saying that high...
coinciding with a time of internal ructions and poor electoral performance of the SNP (support for the party fell to 11.7% at the 1983 General Election). It was not until the later years of the Thatcher government and, more specifically, the introduction of the poll tax in Scotland, that ...
securing the first majority government in the history of the Scottish Parliament. Having secured that majority, Salmond pledged to hold areferendumon independence within five years. In 2012 he signed an agreement with British Prime MinisterDavid Cameronto hold the referendum, which was ultimately sched...
Community level data on inequalities in early child development are therefore required to establish the impact of government early years' policies and programmes on children's strengths and vulnerabilities at local and national level. This would allow local leaders to target tailored interventions ...
in the years following the Battle of Culloden, as the British government imposed restrictive laws that compromised the power of the clan chiefs and the Gaelic culture that underpinned it, including the banning of clan tartans (plaid textile designs) andbagpipemusic. The government also cleared the...
Catriona Radcliffe, head of the Scottish Government Office in China, said that Liddell represented a connection between people in Scotland and China, adding that his values of compassion, integrity and passion and how he applied them in sports and in his life continue to inspire. ...
(6) More than any other single factor, the consistent lateness of the state budget has become a metaphor for the dysfunction in New York State government. The regularity of late adoption of the state budget in Albany--twenty years ... G Benjamin - 《Albany Law Review》 被引量: 6发表: ...
EIS teaching union has called on the Scottish government and local authorities to make ‘pay justice’ for teachers a top priority for 2023