Whether independent or devolved from the UK, Scotland is set to gain more control over welfare spending – including state pensions, unemployment and disability benefits.

A probe into the financial management of social work in Dumfries and Galloway has uncovered a number of failings.

Two women whose new-born babies were taken into care have won a court ruling that their human rights were breached.

AN INVESTIGATION has been launched into the death of a 99-year-old woman in a care home, police have said.

ONE in five children is living in poverty in parts of almost every local council area in Scotland, a survey from a group of leading charities has revealed.

Practical gadgets to help the elderly and infirm at home have been developed by a university team using the latest technology.

A RENOWNED programme for victims of substance abuse is moving its HQ today. LEAP (Lothians and Edinburgh Abstinence Programme) will now be run from a newly refurbished and newly named Woodlands House, at the Astley Ainslie Hospital site in Morningside.

Balhousie Care Group has agreed to pilot a new reminiscence therapy project, to trigger memories in people with dementia, across its care homes in Scotland.

Radical reform to ensure public services collaborate effectively is needed if Scotland is to cope with its ageing population, according to a report published today by the Scottish Parliament’s Finance Committee.

WELFARE cuts will have a lasting impact on all corners of Glasgow, not just those on benefits, warned the city council’s social care leader.