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Jun 5
LABOUR SILENT ON MIMICKING £26.70 A WEEK SCOTTISH CHILD PAYMENT
Following a statement in the Scottish Parliament by Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Shirley-Anne Somerville, I asked if there was...
Jan 4
Scottish Child Payment Helps the Families of 323,315 Children
Figures show the payment of £25 per week to under 16s is reaching 323,315 children. Overall, £596 million was paid across Social Security...
Oct 23, 2023
Scotland Has "By Far the Lowest Rise" in Destitution
The SNP Government has been praised for its policies to reduce poverty in a new Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) report . JRF say that...
Oct 23, 2023
Scotland Has "By Far the Lowest Rise" in Destitution
The SNP Government has been praised for its policies to reduce poverty in a new Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) report . JRF say that...
Apr 5, 2023
SOCIAL SECURITY SCOTLAND
With Patricia Gibson MP I visited Social Security Scotland (SSS) to discuss how the new devolved system is bedding in. Unlike the UK...
Aug 4, 2022
Impact of SNP Government's Scottish Child Payment Praised
New research has found that the SNP's Scottish Child Payment is contributing to reducing child poverty in Scotland - with one parent...
Jul 15, 2022
While UK Tory Government is Paralysed, Households struggle
A new report from Citizens Advice Scotland on Universal Credit underlines the struggles households across Scotland are facing - revealing...
Jul 12, 2022
SNP Government provides a Further £300 million Cost of Living Support
Family benefits, free school meals and concessionary travel are part of support helping households to mitigate the increased cost of...
Apr 26, 2022
SNP Government to make Accessing Family Benefits Easier
The SNP Government has set out plans to automatically pay the Best Start Grant Early Learning and School Age Payments to parents and...
Feb 7, 2022
£4.9 million in Pandemic Payments help North Ayrshire Households
In 2021, people across North Ayrshire were supported with 17,746 Low Income Pandemic Payments at a total value of £2,306,980. Low Income...
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