Calls for Scotland's new First Minister to reinstate a government minister with a responsibility for older people are being backed by a Falkirk councillor concerned that the elderly are being "forgotten".
Age Scotland is among several organisations now urging Humza Yousaf to rethink his decision to put the Older Persons' portfolio into a newly expanded department for Equalities, Migration and Refugees.
The charity is concerned that the lengthy list of policy areas covered within the new portfolio, now held by Emma Roddick, will mean older people’s issues could get less attention.
