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Holyrood votes to reform defamation law Holyrood has passed a Bill to modernise defamation legislation (Jane Barlow/PA) Holyrood has unanimously passed reforms of defamation law after MSPs were told current legislation for this was “no longer fit for purpose”. Community safety minister Ash Denham said the changes being brought in by the Scottish Government would make the law “fit for the 21st century”. She told how the Defamation and Malicious Publication (Scotland) Bill – which was passed by 118 votes to zero – aims to both simplify and modernise the law on defamation, while also...

Campaign launched against attacks and abuse of shopworkers Sign up for our daily Politics briefing for political exclusives, analysis and debate. Thank you for signing up to our Politics newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up A campaign to raise awareness and stop abuse of shop staff has been launched after parliament backed laws strengthening protection for retail workers. A Bill introduced by Scottish Labour MSP Daniel Johnson was passed in January amid reports of rising numbers of workers being attacked during the coronavirus pandemic. The Scottish Govern...

A campaign to raise awareness and stop the abuse of shopworkers has launched in Scotland. It comes following the passing of the Protection of Workers (Scotland) Bill and findings from the Scottish Grocers Federation, which show a rise in reported attacks on staff in 2020. The campaign will feature real-life testimonies to emphase the damaging effect abusive behaviour has on retail staff. The awareness campaign, which is backed by £50,000 of Scottish government funding, will

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Ministers propose new regulations limiting the sale and use of fireworks January 15 2021, 12.16pm The Scottish Government is proposing further restrictions on the amount of fireworks that can be sold to the public and when these can be used (Aaron Chown/PA) Sign up for our daily Politics briefing for political exclusives, analysis and debate. Thank you for signing up to our Politics newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up New regulations aiming to further restrict the sale and use of fireworks have been put forward by the Scottish Government. Community safet...