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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 9 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 9 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 9 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 9 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 9 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 9 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 9 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 9 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 9 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 9 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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