Tomás Pizarro-Escuti, a 4th year degree student in History and International Relations at the University of Aberdeen, has spoken at the United Nations 75 Global Peace Inter-Generational Dialogue for Scotland and has now been invited to contribute to a high-level meeting of the UN General Assembly.
There have been 3,213 deaths in Scotland (as of 10th of May) where Covid19 has been mentioned as either the main or contributing cause on the death certificate.
On average, women in retirement have 55% lower pension income than men.
“A major reason for the higher incidence of early deaths was poverty and its impact across the whole of a child’s life”
£1.7million of extra funding has been awarded to Scotland’s Health Boards to continue their work on reducing childhood obesity
The rise in premature births in Scotland is highlighted in ‘A Summary of the Health of the Nation’, the Annual Report for the Chief Medical Officer 2018.
The Scottish Household Survey has been published which gives an indication of what people think about living in Scotland. The statistics are for 2017. It’s an indicator of wellbeing and lifestyle which […]
An estimated 20% of women’s income comes from benefits and child tax credits
“there is a difference between paying an hourly Living Wage rate and actually having a wage that you can live on. “
“Orkney Islands Council employs 1009 people on zero hours contracts which includes 330 since 6th April 2016”
