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Keeping you up to date on the progress of the Named Person scheme and the NO2NP campaign.
NAMED PERSON SCHEME SHOWS SCOTS GOVT LIVING IN ‘CLOUD CUCKOO LAND’
Posted 10 years agoThe Scottish Government has been accused of living in “cloud cuckoo land” after publishing a bizarre series of graphics in…
Continue ReadingNO2NP Roadshow update: Dunfermline, Cumbernauld
Posted 10 years agoDr Stuart Waiton (Abertay University) was in the chair for a very well attended NO2NP roadshow at the Carnegie Conference…
Continue ReadingAnti-Named Person campaigners granted right to fast track appeal
Posted 10 years agoCampaigners fighting the controversial named person proposals have won their request for a fast track appeal after a judge threw…
Continue ReadingMassie: Named person like “Mao’s China”
Posted 10 years agoLeading Scots journalist and author, Allan Massie, has heavily criticised the Scottish Government for their named person policy in a…
Continue ReadingScotland on Sunday Editorial: Named person
Posted 10 years agoTHE charge of being illiberal has been levelled at the SNP administration a number of times in recent years, notably…
Continue ReadingNamed person legal judgment to be appealed
Posted 10 years agoIt has been announced that campaigners fighting the controversial named person scheme are to appeal after a judge rejected their…
Continue ReadingPress & Journal: “Flashpoint will come when state guardians start meddling with families”
Posted 10 years agoAn editorial in the popular Press & Journal newspaper has voiced strong concern about the named person scheme. In an…
Continue ReadingThe Herald: Fears “that NHS staff and teachers…will become swamped with extra work.”
Posted 10 years agoConcerns about how the Scottish Government’s policy of allocating a Named Person to virtually every child in Scotland will impact…
Continue ReadingNO2NP Campaign update: More roadshows on the way
Posted 10 years agoMany thanks to all who attended the latest and well-attended NO2NP roadshow in Greenock last Thursday (5 February), which was…
Continue ReadingNamed Person guidance consultation published
Posted 10 years agoThe Scottish Government has today (6 February) finally published its consultation on the guidance to accompany the Named Person scheme….
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