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Scottish Government urged to double child payments to offset Universal Credit cut Universal Credit payments were increased in the wake of the pandemic but Tory ministers plan to remove the top-up in September. 04:30, 14 JUL 2021 The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now Get the latest money news from the Daily Record with our weekly newsletterInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe We use your sign-up to provide content in ways youve consented to and to improve ...

Scots parents of lockdown babies could be in line for £600 Scottish Government boost The new pregnancy and baby payment is to help tackle child poverty Updated Scottish migration minister Ben Macpherson at Holyrood. Ken Jack (Image: Ken Jack) Join thousands of others in getting the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox.Invalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe We use your sign-up to provide content in ways youve consented to and to improve our unde...

EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - NOVEMBER 28: Ben Macpherson, Scottish Minister for Europe, Migration and International Development, during a session of Portfolio Questions dominated by Brexit in the Scottish Parliament,on November 28, 2018 in Edinburgh, Scotland. SCOTLAND’S social security minister has called Boris Johnson’s decision to stop a £20-per week uplift to Universal Credit “indefensible” and “economically nonsensical”. Campaigners also warned an attempt to justify the move by p...

SCOTLAND’S Social Security Minister has pledged to make applying for new “complex” disability benefits as “stress-free as possible”, with…

APPLICATIONS have opened for the Best Start Grant benefit for families with school-aged children.

Parents are invited to apply for payment boost to help with school costs © Shutterstock / Monkey Business I Sign up for our daily Politics briefing for political exclusives, analysis and debate. Thank you for signing up to our Politics newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Low income parents and carers are being encouraged to apply for financial support for school costs and healthy foods – even if their child is not starting school yet. The School Age Paym...

Applications open for school-aged children benefit The benefit can provide £250 to families (David Cheskin/PA) Applications have opened for the best start grant benefit for families with school-aged children. The best start grant school age payment provides financial support for families who get tax credits and have a child born between March 1, 2016 and February 28, 2017. Applications for the £250 payment, designed to help with the costs of preparing for school, will run until February 28, 2...

Parents across Scotland urged to register for cash support for young children The Scottish Government offers support worth about £5,000 by the time a child turns six through its Best Start Grant, Best Start Foods and the Scottish Child Payment. 11:14, 1 JUN 2021 The new Scottish Government scheme has opened today (Image: PA) Get the latest on money saving tips and benefit changes straight to your inbox each week with our Record Money newsletter.Invalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try aga...

SNP must do more than tinker around the edges on disability - Pam Duncan-Glancy One of Scottish Labour’s new intake of MSPs has hit out at the SNP’s lack of action around the rights of disabled people amid calls for more emphasis on the social security brief in government.

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