An extra £500,000 has been found to install fire alarms in the homes of the elderly and disabled after revelations that funding was running out in some parts of Scotland.
Scottish Government Ministers said they would double the funding to Care and Repair Scotland to help older and disabled people to install the alarms after the Daily Record exposed the “shambles” of the new fire alarm rules.
But opposition parties said the increase was a “knee-jerk” reaction that barely scratch the surface of what is needed days before the new rules come in.
