HARD-up parents are being forced out of work by childcare costs in the Capital – which are now the highest in Europe.

RESIDENTS of a care home were evacuated after a fire broke out in the early hours of this morning.

Two in five households live in fuel poverty, as a result of energy price rises, according to a charity’s estimates.

The dozens of domestic abuse incidents reported to police in Fife during the first week of December were probably just the ”tip of the iceberg”, Fife Women’s Aid has said.

Cash earmarked for support services for vulnerable people in south west Scotland could be used to help balance a budget for refuse collection.

Ten Glaswegians, who have been long-term unemployed, successfully completed a training scheme organised by Cordia and Glasgow Regeneration Agency to become home-carers for the front line services provider.

A SHERIFF has launched a blistering attack on city social workers after they recommended he let off an armed teenage thug who threatened to kill a couple in their own home.

Scotland’s employers must plan for a flexible skilled workforce to be able to deliver high quality services in a climate of financial pressures and growing demand says a new report out from the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC), the social services workforce regulator and sector skills council.

Carers and trade unionists have joined forces to challenge Glasgow City Council’s planned reform of day services for people with learning disabilities.

Almost one in seven Scots (15%) are cutting back on spending at Christmas due to the tough financial climate, according to CHILDREN 1ST.