CIH Scotland has welcomed new Minister for Welfare and Housing Margaret Burgess.

Alan Ferguson, Director of CIH Scotland, said: "CIH Scotland congratulates Margaret Burgess on her appointment and warmly welcomes her to her new role. Her citizens advice background will stand her in good stead to tackle her housing and welfare brief. We look forward to meeting with her in the coming weeks to discuss the challenges she faces.

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"We are very happy to see transport now being dealt with separately and of course we wish Keith Brown all the very best in his new role. Combining housing and welfare makes a lot more sense, although in seeing welfare given a specific status within this Ministerial portfolio we need to be mindful not to raise expectations that the Scottish Government can somehow undo the Coalition Government’s welfare reforms."

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