People will be able to make online donations and use contactless giving points as part of an “alternative giving” scheme to help beggars in Glasgow. The Street Change Glasgow scheme,
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Just over 4% of the richest households in a London borough with England’s highest number of rough sleepers have contributed to a voluntary scheme to help relieve the crisis. Westminster
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A man concerned about the way his mentally-ill mother is being looked after in hospital is embroiled in litigation in a specialist court after a judge imposed limits on what
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Child witnesses of domestic abuse should be included in a planned law to boost the use of pre-recorded evidence from vulnerable people in criminal trials, MSPs have said. Opposition parties
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Half of the people Citizens Advice helps with Universal Credit struggle to keep a roof over their heads while they wait for their first payments, the charity has said. One
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Ministers have been accused by MPs of being “in denial” over the “perilous” state of local government finances in England. After years of cuts to Whitehall funding, the Commons Public
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Only one in three adults in the UK believes it is possible to reduce their risk of developing dementia, research suggests. The poll, for Alzheimer’s Research UK, found a lack
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Thousands of people have died waiting for care since the Government first said it would publish a green paper on social care, a charity has said. Age UK estimates that
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Less than half of all Scots suffering from dementia are being referred for support when they are diagnosed with the disease, new figures have revealed. While the Scottish Government pledged
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A major study into depression involving the data of more than two million people has identified personality types susceptible to the condition. Scientists led by the University of Edinburgh analysed
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