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April is always a busy time of year for employers, and April 2019 will be no different. Jamie Meechan outlines some of the key changes to look out for. EU Settlement Scheme
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Entry requirements for the LLB at some of Scotland's ancient universities have been adjusted to increase the intake of students from lower socioeconomic backgrounds. Edinburgh University's 'access threshold' programme lowers the grade requirements for prospectivee LLB students to ABBB at Scotti
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Police in Scotland are to be given a 6.5 per cent pay rise, it has been announced. The award means will see "mid-point constables" benefit from a salary increase of £2,300 in addition to £6,000 in pay over the coming 31 months.
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Four new members have been appointed to the Scottish Legal Aid Board.
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Donald Cameron Advocate Donald Cameron has been put in charge of election policy for the Scottish Conservatives, The Herald reports.
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Michael Matheson A 10-year strategy aimed at ensuring Police Scotland is equipped to tackle new and emerging threats has been published.
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Mike Dailly Minister for local government and housing, Kevin Stewart, has announced the reappointment of Mike Dailly to the Scottish Housing Regulator board.
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The body representing the rank and file of Scotland’s police force has called for the rules on officers participating in politics to be eased. The Scottish Police Federation (SPF), has published a manifesto in which it also calls for the next Parliament to get rid of policing targets and to establ
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Joe FitzPatrick Proposals to avoid future election clashes have been passed today by the Scottish Parliament.
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MSPs have agreed in principle to legislation that would prevent elections at Westminster and Holyrood from clashing in 2020. The next UK general election will take place on 7 May 2020 – the same day as the elections at the Scottish Parliament. However, MSPs have agreed to move the Scottish electio
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Joe FitzPatrick A bill to avoid election clashes has been published.
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Voters could be asked to elect the next intake of MSPs for a five-year term to avoid an electoral clash with the UK general election expected in 2020. The devolved parliament has four-year terms, but is barred by law from holding elections at the same time as UK general elections, European Parliamen
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The Supreme Court has proceeded to hear legal arguments in the long-running dispute over Glasgow’s Rogano restaurant despite the parties reaching an out-of-court settlement on the eve of the hearing. Lawyers acting for Forthwell Limited, which has operated as Rogano since 1935, and landlord Po
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The Court of Appeal of England Wales has refused an appeal by a company that owned forest land in Cumbria against a successful judicial review of a decision not to confirm an order creating 18 new public footpaths through the woods after finding that the High Court judge was correct to find errors i
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