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SCOTLAND’S devolved benefits agency made payments totalling more than £160 million last year, as its boss has warned the next 12 months will be…

A new report has revealed that the Scottish Government provided Glasgow residents with £26.6 million in benefit payments in one year.

SHETLAND Islands Council’s (SIC) leader and depute leader attended the recent SNP annual conference in Aberdeen to meet a variety of government ministers and MSPs and “build relationships”. Meetings were held at the event by Emma Macdonald and Gary Robinson with...

SCOTLAND’S top councillors were honoured at the 2022 Cllr Awards at a ceremony in Dundee on Wednesday evening.

Hargey Joins Scottish And Welsh Ministers In Joint Call

Devolved Governments are urging the UK Government to take “immediate action” to tackle the cost-of-living crisis. Minister for Social Justice Jane Hutt alongside Scottish Minister for Social Security, Ben MacPherson and Northern Ireland’s Communities Minister Deirdre Hargey have reiterated their plea to Westminster after a joint letter was sent last week. In the letter, issued […]

SCOTS eligible for disability benefit will not be subject to “degrading functional examinations”, a minister has pledged, as applications for…

AN SNP minister has criticised the UK Government’s “degrading functional examinations” as he launched a Scots adult disability payment for…

The system is open to new applicants and existing recipients will start being transferred to the Scottish scheme.

A NEW offer made to end Scotlands councils dispute that has seen bins overflowing in streets in Edinburgh and Glasgow has been rejected by union…