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		<title>Police Reform  &#8211; The Outline Business Case</title>
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		<title>Legislation setting out Scottish Government plans for a single Police Service for Scotland</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Legislation setting out Scottish Government plans for a single Police Service for Scotland has now been published. Scotland has an excellent police service &#8211; crime is at a 35-year low, helped by the 1000 extra police officers in communities. However, Scotland&#8217;s public sector is facing unprecedented financial challenges and reform is the only way to <a href='http://www.semperscotland.org.uk/legislation-setting-out-scottish-government-plans-for-a-single-police-service-for-scotland/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>New Unified Service To Commence Operation</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 23:56:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Police Service of Scotland is expected to begin operating from April 1 2013, the President of the Association of Chief Police Officers (Scotland) has confirmed. Chief Constable Kevin Smith, who is leading the police reform programme, said work was focussing on that date as the first day of the unified service responsible for delivering <a href='http://www.semperscotland.org.uk/new-unified-service-to-commence-operation/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Attitudes to discrimination and positive action</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 23:42:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tony</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Attitudes to discrimination and positive action This paper summarises key findings from a module of questions on attitudes to discrimination and positive action included in the Scottish Social Attitudes (SSA) survey 2010. To read the rest of the report please click the link below. Attitudes to discrimination and positive action]]></description>
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		<title>Youth Engagement</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 23:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SEMPERscotland actively interacts with young people. Our passion for young adults from the minority ethnic communities to become involved in the Scottish socio-political processes cannot be overstated. We will carry on working with them to highlight, celebrate and spread ideas like justice, respect and compassion throughout their communities. Indeed, it goes without saying that the <a href='http://www.semperscotland.org.uk/youth-engagement/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Youth Leadership in Action</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2012 22:12:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Active Life Club is cordially inviting you to “Youth Leadership in Action” event which is taking place in Glasgow City Chambers on 21 March 2012­  . A finger-buffet and refreshments will be available in the evening. Active Life Club (ALC) provide opportunities to young people from Govanhill, Southside and surrounding areas since 1999. ALC is open <a href='http://www.semperscotland.org.uk/youth-leadership-in-action/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>A local force for local people?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2012 00:20:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Scotland aims to cut costs and balance national and local interests in plans for unified police and fire services. But the devil may be in the detail, Maureen Ferrier reports It&#8217;s an issue that has preoccupied Scotland for decades and filled thousands of column inches and hours of TV coverage – the creation of a <a href='http://www.semperscotland.org.uk/a-local-force-for-local-people/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Speak Up Be Heard Youth Session</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Feb 2012 22:09:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What is it It’s an informal session with young adults from minority ethnic communities and the police with discussions around their views/experiences on policing in Scotland in general and the region in particular. Of course, as this is about interaction, the young people will have the opportunity to ask police officers and staff about life <a href='http://www.semperscotland.org.uk/speak-up-be-heard-youth-session/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Call for Scotland&#8217;s new single police force to be VAT exempt</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Feb 2012 00:23:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Nationalist MSP has called for Scotland&#8217;s new unified police service to be exempt from VAT. It comes amid fears that the taxman may hit the single force with a £22m annual bill. Under current legislation, police forces are exempt from the charge, but this may change when Scotland&#8217;s eight regional forces are merged. Single <a href='http://www.semperscotland.org.uk/call-for-scotlands-new-single-police-force-to-be-vat-exempt/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>200 police officers&#8217; patrol Scottish Defence League rally in Glasgow</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Feb 2012 00:25:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Around &#8220;200 officers&#8221; were on hand to police an unauthorised demonstration by an extremist group on Saturday, an MSP claimed. Police and riot vans gathered at Glasgow&#8217;s St Enoch Square to meet demonstrators from the Scottish Defence League (SDL), an anti-Islamic organisation which claims to campaign against radical Islam and Sharia. The SDL had applied <a href='http://www.semperscotland.org.uk/200-police-officers-patrol-scottish-defence-league-rally-in-glasgow/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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