Labour MPs including former Prime Minister Gordon Brown have attacked the UK Government’s decision not to provide additional funding to save factories employing disabled workers.

Crucial financial support worth £33 million will help people in times of need in Scotland, Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced today.

A housing charity wants £50 million from the Scottish Government to tackle the impact of the so-called bedroom tax.

Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has been warned she risks losing her Holyrood seat if she pushes ahead with plans to legalise gay marriage.

The Care Inspectorate has issued a warning to care providers to be aware of bogus inspectors visiting their premises.

Labour councillors have failed to have a fresh consultation with users of the closure-threatened Kemback Street centre deferred for a year.

Pupils excluded from school at 12 are four times as likely as other children to be jailed as adults, according to a new study by Edinburgh University academics.

RELIEVED residents and families are celebrating this week after news that an under-threat care facility has been saved from the axe.

IT has offered respite care for children with complex disabilities for more than a decade. Now, city (Edinburgh) residents are being asked to dig deep to help Gilmerton Road raise £455,000 to refurbish and extend the facility, which provides a respite service for local families with children who have a learning disability and severe behavioural problems.

Children in social housing are more likely to have an accident at home. GHA is helping parents to prevent the worst, by
Lorraine McLaren