Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has welcomed the first independent report of the Expert Working group on Welfare. She also published an initial response to the report and announced the

The Deputy First Minister has welcomed official poverty statistics published today that show that the number of children living in relative poverty has fallen in Scotland between 2009-10 and 2011-12.

A HELPLINE has opened for parents worried about children who attended a nursery at the centre of a child-abuse investigation. Mark MacLennan has appeared at Fort William Sheriff Court after

HEALTH Secretary Alex Neil has opened a new city care home which has been converted from a school building. St Margaret’s Care Home, on the site of the former St

Plans to radically overhaul community justice in Scotland must put local authorities and social workers at the heart of any reform, the Scottish Association of Social Work warned. Responding to

Controversial new disability benefits will start being rolled out across Scotland. The PIP (Personal Independence Payment) will replace the Disability Living Allowance (DLA) for working-age claimants. UK minister for disabled

Scotland’s first Local Authority Trading Company designed to deliver high-quality social care services for adults is set to be launched on 01 August 2013. The company, to be known as

A SENIOR MSP has raised questions over long-term planning at NHS Lothian following a huge influx of nurses. The Evening News revealed last week that the health board had become

The Scottish Health Council (part of Healthcare Improvement Scotland) has just published a set of helpful guidelines which include lots of case studies on the use of social media. The

POLICE are interviewing parents of children at a Highland nursery after a man was charged with sexual abuse. Mark MacLennan, 28, appeared at Fort William Sheriff Court following a major