Oct 7, 2014
The number of Scots who successfully gave up smoking for at least a month has exceeded targets by more than 50 per cent. Figures released today by ISD Scotland show the smoking cessation target to deliver 80,000 one month quits were exceeded by 56 per cent with...
Oct 7, 2014
A support team to improve waiting times for cancer treatment across Scotland and fresh Government investment has led to shorter waits for patients, new figures released today show. Falkirk West MSP and Public Health Minister Michael Matheson welcomed the improvement...
Oct 3, 2014
A ‘damning’ Citizens Advice Scotland report published today shows the devastating impact Westminster’s welfare cuts are having on disabled people in Scotland – and shows exactly why welfare policy should be decided in Scotland rather than in Westminster. Evidence...
Sep 26, 2014
The UK Government have announced that they are to remove the rights of householders to object to oil and gas drilling and hydraulic fracturing beneath their homes. This will include householders in Scotland, and comes despite 99 per cent of respondents to the UK...
Aug 11, 2014
Extra funded hours since 2007 worth up to £707 per year for each child. Thousands of parents and carers across Falkirk district will start gaining from extra hours of free early learning and childcare over the next week. The Scottish Government has committed at least...
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