IT’S A SYSTEM ALL OF SCOTLAND CAN BE PROUD OF
every step of the way. People have the right to challenge our decisions and their money will not be stopped or cut if they do.
We will guarantee that people get information and advice in the way that is right for them to encourage take-up and maximise incomes.
We have also removed any time qualification for people who are terminally ill.
Work is already well under way to get ready to deliver the first payments later this year, starting by investing more than £30million per year, to benefit over 70,000 carers as we increase carer’s supplement to the same level as jobseeker’s allowance – a 13 per cent increase.
Next year will see the introduction of the new young carer grant and the roll out of the best start grant for low income parents.
This Bill sets up a new public service for Scotland and means we can do things differently – to re-make the system in a way that better fits the ambition we have for ourselves as a country.
That is something we can all be proud of. BY TORCUIL CRICHTON NICOLA Sturgeon could be over-ruled by a right-wing Tory like Jacob Rees-Mogg if she compromises on devolved Brexit powers, an SNP Minister has warned.
Michael Russell, the Scottish Government Brexit Secretary, spoke about Rees-Mogg getting into Downing Street in the next seven years.
He said: “We will enter into a voluntary agreement and never unreasonably withhold consent, but that could be overruled. Imagine Jacob Ree-Mogg telling the Scottish Parliament what it could do on fishing and agriculture and we could do nothing about it.”