Doing the Day Job

Police Scotland are doing a remarkable job ,figures for crime at a 40 year low ,serious crime figures showing exceptionally high solved figure,and 1000 extra police on the streets.Of course like any "new" organisation there have been and will be teething troubles but in my opinion the single force has been successful.
Now all I want is to see a chief constable who has come through the ranks of the Scottish force...not decrying Mr Gormley in any way but it would be best if its someone who knows Scots law ( which is different from English law) and who having come through the ranks will give the rest the incentives needed

.I did hear one PC complain about lack of opprtunity for advancement in the single force with the loss of the top brass jobs.Having a Scottish CC might change that attitude .

Good news from Holyrood with the abolition of Burial and Cremation fees for childrens funerals .When people are grief stricken piling on the srtess with finacial worries is an awful thing to do.This may not make a huge difference but at least its a start.
Good news 2 from Holyrood,free personal care for UNDER 65's with chronic illness or disability should see everyone who needs it getting help with showering /bathing etc by next April

I'm always wary of statistics about road casualties. One maor motorway accident can skewer the figures completely. Still well done Scotland.

It is already the case that Undertakers and Celebrants do not charge for their services when the deceased is a child. At least that has always been the tradition here (Central Scotland)

I'm in central ScotlandGranny23 and I've never heard of that.I know we were charged when our baby died and recently I've been involved with the Ashes campaign and there were certainly fees paid for cremations for those babies.I would expect celebrants to give their services free though in fact when my SIL's brother died age 19 the minister wouldn't accept a fee from my SIL who organised the funeral .

Paddyann Until the new legislation there were fees (paid to the Undertaker) for the cremation, burial fees and perhaps newspaper notices, flowers etc. but the Undertakers and Celebrants waived their own fees for their own services.

My own big sister only lived for a few minutes. Many years later when I was archiving old ledgers from my DH's family firm (Joiners and Undertakers) and came across the bill that my father paid to them for the burial of my sister. He was charged only the burial fee + the tiny coffin.

❤️'Frank's Law has been unanimously passed. We will now extend free personal care to under 65s who need it by April next year'.

After a lengthy campaign the Scottish Government has now extended 'Free Personal Care for the Elderly' to encompass people under 65 who need help with personal care.

And another one:

www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/nicola-sturgeon-gives-nhs-scotland-staff-3-pay-rise_uk_5b1bf135e4b09d7a3d72ead2?guccounter=1

thats doing the day job..Teresa May take note.

Having posted this on another thread, where I learned that NO Social Housing is being built in England, I thought I would pop it on here to show that a better way IS possible, within a restricted budget and with no powers to borrow.

www.sfha.co.uk/news/news-category/sfha-news/news-article/scotland-on-course-for-biggest-growth-in-social-housing-since-1970s