“The Scottish Child Payment has supported 765 Orkney children over the period of its existence so far, bringing £793,765 into the islands.”
Emma Roddick MSP: “The Scottish Child Payment – unique in the UK – has lifted 50,000 children out of poverty”
Emma Roddick MSP “whatever your results, support is there.”
“it is important to keep in mind that there is advice available from Skills Development Scotland’s results helpline for those who didn’t quite achieve the results to do what they originally intended. There are options whatever your results and support is there.”
Funding Boost for Sanday Afternoon Club
“The Social Isolation and Loneliness Fund is providing support to a range of projects across Scotland which deliver vital services in their communities.”
Emma Roddick MSP: “We will fight the general election on independence.”
” I am excited to see the route to negotiations for Scotland to become independent being mapped out.”
Emma Roddick on the Scottish Government’s ‘progressive policy agenda’
“We are also now seeing the impact of the Scottish Child Payment being increased to £25 per week and extended to children and young people up to the age of 16” Emma Roddick MSP
Emma Roddick MSP – these are “anti-democratic actions by increasingly desperate Tories”
“we have a clear series of examples of political decisions that shine a light on Westminster’s contempt for devolution and the Scottish Parliament.”
Consumers Continue to be Hit by High Food Prices
According to the latest UK Government statistics the rate of inflation has gone down – the first such decrease since August of 2022. But as everyone is experiencing, the price of your weekly food shop continues to increase. What is going on ?
Emma Roddick MSP, reflecting on the ‘grim reminder that war is a reality in Europe right now’
” Scotland is currently home to over 23,000 refugees from Ukraine, including several whom I know have found homes in Orkney.”
Investing in Green Hydrogen
Projects in Orkney are amongst the 32 in Scotland which will benefit from Scottish Government investment in green hydrogen.
Emma Roddick MSP Reflects on a ‘whirlwind’ of a week
“I now have a government role alongside being MSP for the Highlands and Islands. I was honoured to be formally appointed as Minister for Equalities, Migration and Refugees last Thursday.”
