A Matter of Life and Death?

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Nov 28, 202428:44Government & Organizations

The team talk winter fuel payments in Scotland, immigration, and assisted dying. Ahead of next week's Scottish Government budget, Social Justice Secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville has told Holyrood that every pensioner in...

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