The earnings limit for Carer Support Payment will be increased to £196.00 - equivalent to 16 hours at the new National Living Wage - aligning with the increase of the earnings limit for Carer’s ...

In April 2025, changes to social security benefit rates will take effect across the UK, with most payments rising by 1.7% - matching the Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation rate recorded the previous ...

Mr Sarwar drew comparison to the new UK Labour Government, stating that a Scottish Labour government would deliver the change ...

The Scottish Government has now confirmed that this annual payment will increase by 1.7 per cent in the 2025/26 financial ...

Gillian Mackay MSP is calling on North Lanarkshire Council to bid to be one of the first councils in the country to sign up for the expansion of free school meals for thousands of high school pupils.

In remarks released ahead of next week’s party conference, he committed to the Scottish Child Payment, the baby box and universal free school lunches. Mr Sarwar described these, along with free ...

The Scottish Government is giving serious consideration to proposals to make the identification of child murder victims a criminal offence. Here’s why that would be wrong ...

SCOTS social security benefits are being hiked in 2025 in a bid to provide financial relief in the current cost of living ...

One of the women, Stephanie, told BBC Scotland: "The nurses were more abusive than caring." NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde ...

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar has said his party would maintain a range of benefits including free prescriptions ...

What is the point of Scotland's 36 Labour MPs? I say 36 because there is one, Brian Leishman, who has been prepared to stand up to the ...

Calum Simpson died after being drugged by two men in Fife, Scotland. Dylan Brister and Cameron Allan were convicted of his ...