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		<title>MSP blames council&#8217;s HMO policy for student accommodation crisis</title>
		<link>http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2022/03/msp-blames-councils-hmo-policy-for-student-accommodation-crisis/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[St Andrews Q.V.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Mar 2022 00:41:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alnany Park]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Campaign for adffordable student housing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Confederation of St Andrews Resident's Associations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CSARA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HMO Overprovision policy]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Sstudents attending St Andrews University are experiencing difficulty in finding affordable accommodation in the town with some having to travel from as far as Dundee. Student representatives identified the closure of Albany Park Halls, demolished to make way for a new larger residence, as fuelling the accommodation shortage. Speaking to the Dundee Courier, NE Fife &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2022/03/msp-blames-councils-hmo-policy-for-student-accommodation-crisis/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "MSP blames council&#8217;s HMO policy for student accommodation crisis"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Council plans to divert Pupil Equity Funds to cover Covid-19 costs</title>
		<link>http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2020/09/council-plans-to-divert-pupil-equity-funds-to-cover-covid-19-costs/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[St Andrews Q.V.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2020 16:20:30 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education and Children's Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fife Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PEF]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pupil Equity Fund]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shelagh McLean]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Willie Rennie]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Councils have been given the go ahead to use some funding given directly to all schools by the Scottish Government to help close the poverty-related attainment gap to help with Covid-19 related costs, estimated to be around £23.5 million across the Education and Children’s Services department. In a letter to head teachers in Fife, the &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2020/09/council-plans-to-divert-pupil-equity-funds-to-cover-covid-19-costs/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Council plans to divert Pupil Equity Funds to cover Covid-19 costs"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Students to get consent training following sexual assault claims</title>
		<link>http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2020/07/students-to-get-consent-training-following-sexual-assault-claims/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[St Andrews Q.V.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2020 14:05:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alpha Epsilon Pi St Andrews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Got Consent]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Police Scotland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rape]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sexual assault]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[st andrews university]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Willie Rennie]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Students are to receive consent training following a report in The Telegraph  earlier this month of at least nine rape claims involving students in the St Andrews branch of US-based student fraternity Alpha Epsilon Pi (AEP-i). An Instagram account called St Andrews Survivors posted over 20 allegations about sexual misconduct at the university, with many claiming &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2020/07/students-to-get-consent-training-following-sexual-assault-claims/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Students to get consent training following sexual assault claims"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Support for Madras 2G hockey pitch grows</title>
		<link>http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2020/02/support-for-madras-2g-hockey-pitch-grows/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[St Andrews Q.V.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Feb 2020 18:59:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sport]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[38Degrees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hockey pitch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[madras college]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[A petition started by Willie Rennie MSP calling for Fife Council to reconsider its decision not to install a 2G pitch as part of the development of the new Madras College is well on its way to reaching its 2000 target, with 1449 signatures at the time of writing. Earlier this month, members of the &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2020/02/support-for-madras-2g-hockey-pitch-grows/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Support for Madras 2G hockey pitch grows"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Curb on short-term lets: too little too late?</title>
		<link>http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2020/01/curb-on-short-term-lets-too-little-too-late/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[St Andrews Q.V.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jan 2020 23:18:58 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Housing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Planning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Airbnb]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elie and Earlsferry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Stewart]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[North East Fife]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scottish government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shelter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[st andrews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Willie Rennie]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Scottish Government announced this week that local authorities are to be given new powers to regulate short-term lets where they decide this is in the interests of local communities, enabling them to a licensing scheme from Spring 2021. Councils will be able to designate control areas to ensure that planning permission will always be required &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2020/01/curb-on-short-term-lets-too-little-too-late/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Curb on short-term lets: too little too late?"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>New Madras: Council pressed to reconsider hockey provision</title>
		<link>http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2019/12/new-madras-council-pressed-to-reconsider-hockey-provision/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[St Andrews Q.V.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Dec 2019 19:48:58 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sport]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2G pitch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Councillor Brian Thomson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Councillor Tim Brett]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hockey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[madras college]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Willie Rennie]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Following last month&#8217;s intervention by St Andrews Councillor, Brian Thomson, urging Fife Council to reconsider its plans for hockey at the new Madras College, further concerns about hockey provision in the town have been expressed. Scottish Hockey, the governing body for the sport, and local politicians, MSP Willie Rennie and Councillor Tim Brett, have voiced &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2019/12/new-madras-council-pressed-to-reconsider-hockey-provision/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "New Madras: Council pressed to reconsider hockey provision"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Fierce backlash against plans to reduce East Sands Leisure Centre opening hours</title>
		<link>http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2019/09/fierce-backlash-against-plans-to-reduce-east-sands-leisure-centre-opening-hours/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[St Andrews Q.V.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Sep 2019 21:31:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Councillor Brian Thomson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[east sands leisure centre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fife Sports and Leisure Trust]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stephen Gethins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Willie Rennie]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Fife Sports and Leisure Trust has announced reduced opening times by nine hours at the East Sands Leisure Centre in St Andrews and 12 hours across the week at Cupar Leisure Centre. St Andrews councillor Brian Thomson questioned the need for the changes. He said: “The benefit of sport is widely recognised, particularly in terms &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2019/09/fierce-backlash-against-plans-to-reduce-east-sands-leisure-centre-opening-hours/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Fierce backlash against plans to reduce East Sands Leisure Centre opening hours"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Concern at increase in prostate cancer waiting times</title>
		<link>http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2019/06/concern-at-increase-in-prostate-cancer-waiting-times-in-fife/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[St Andrews Q.V.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2019 10:14:25 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NHS Fife]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[prostate cancer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[waiting times]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Willie Rennie]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[With around 50,000 new cases every year, prostate cancer is the most common cancer in males in the UK &#8211; accounting for around a quarter of all new cancer cases. Survival rates are linked to early diagnosis and treatment. North East Fife MSP Willie Rennie has called for improvements in waiting times after new figures &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2019/06/concern-at-increase-in-prostate-cancer-waiting-times-in-fife/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Concern at increase in prostate cancer waiting times"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Families First St Andrews faces continued funding uncertainty</title>
		<link>http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2019/05/families-first-st-andrews-faces-continuing-funding-uncertainty/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[St Andrews Q.V.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2019 13:30:36 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Children]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Budget cuts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Families First]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fife Council]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Willie Rennie]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[QV has previously reported on the precarious funding situation for the St Andrews  branch of Families First which was provided with reduced funding for a six month period by Fife Council in March. The charity has now been given a further six month funding extension from Fife Council to run its befriending service, which helps &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2019/05/families-first-st-andrews-faces-continuing-funding-uncertainty/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Families First St Andrews faces continued funding uncertainty"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Universal Credit causing severe hardship in Fife</title>
		<link>http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2019/04/universal-credit-causing-severe-hardship-in-fife/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[St Andrews Q.V.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2019 20:31:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Housing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Foodbanks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leslie Laird]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Willie Rennie]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[At a meeting organised by local Labour MP Lesley Laird, volunteer groups, including Kirkcaldy Foodbank and Citizens Advice Rights Fife (CARF), described the human cost of changes to the welfare system since Universal Credit was rolled out in Fife in 2017. All reported a huge increase in demand on services from people affected by sanctions &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2019/04/universal-credit-causing-severe-hardship-in-fife/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Universal Credit causing severe hardship in Fife"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Option to keep open St Andrews Out of Hours service moves a step closer</title>
		<link>http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2019/03/option-to-keep-open-st-andrews-out-of-hours-service-moves-a-step-closer/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[St Andrews Q.V.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2019 16:26:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dr Angela Anderson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fife Health and Social Care Partnership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[St Andrews Community Hospital]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[St Andrews out of hours service]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Willie Rennie]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The consultation undertaken by Fife Health and Social Care Partnership on the reorganisation of the Out of Hours services in Fife has identified a way of keeping open the service at St Andrews Community Hospital. Dr Angela Anderson, Chair of the St Andrews Out of Hours Group, said: “We are delighted that an option to &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2019/03/option-to-keep-open-st-andrews-out-of-hours-service-moves-a-step-closer/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Option to keep open St Andrews Out of Hours service moves a step closer"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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