A debt help charity is seeing growing numbers of people falling behind with fuel bills and a resurgence in the proportion of clients with high-cost credit such as payday loans.
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Charities must change to meet public expectations of behaviour if they are to survive and help “those who feel they’ve been let down”, the head of the sector’s regulator is
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The mother of a woman allegedly murdered more than 18 years ago has told a court she thought her daughter was getting on with her life and “enjoying herself”. Margaret
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A toddler died after being bound and forced to sleep face down in a “cage” bed, a court has heard. Ellie-May Minshull-Coyle, aged 19 months, was tied to the mattress
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Scotland’s public spending watchdog has expressed “serious reservations” about the finances of two health boards which could both require to be bailed out with £22 million of government cash. Auditor
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Families of children with special educational needs are fighting a High Court battle against local authority cuts of more £21 million. Five children, whose mothers are bringing the case on
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A shortage of nursing staff is hampering the delivery of a comprehensive mental health service at a Scottish prison, it has been found. Inspectors said much has been done to
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A new campaign is calling for people to “ask twice” how others are feeling, to improve conversations around mental health. More than three-quarters of people (78%) would say they are
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Thousands of Glasgow City Council workers will stage a two-day strike later this month in a row over equal pay claims. More than 8,000 members of the GMB and Unison
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More than two years since the Social Services and Wellbeing Act came in to force, the charity Action on Hearing Loss Cymru says many people who are deaf or have
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