MSPs will consider how the abuse of elderly people should be prosecuted and if it requires new legislation. Representatives from Police Scotland, the Crown Office, and charities Age Scotland and
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A minister has apologised after it emerged an extra 30,000 ill and disabled benefit claimants could have been underpaid. Sarah Newton told the Commons the Department for Work and Pensions
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Chancellor Philip Hammond is being urged to use next month’s Spring Statement to deliver a “rescue package” for millions of low-income families left worse off by successive waves of benefit
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Fresh funding has been announced by the Scottish Government in a bid to shorten waiting times for people receiving medical procedures. Health boards have been allocated around £27 million in
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Children’s charities have welcomed support from organisations across Scotland for a bill that would help to give greater protection to young people. The Children (Equal Protection from Assault) (Scotland) Bill
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Changes to council funding rules in England proposed by the Government will shift money from deprived to rich areas, an economic think tank has warned. Ministers’ plans to base assessments
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More than 100 mental health staff have been hired across Scotland’s public sector since the start of the year. The additional mental health workers in A&Es, GP practices, police station
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Child poverty risks hitting record levels in the next few years amid “stagnating” living standards for households, a new study suggests. The Resolution Foundation said the incomes of typical working-age
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Thousands of children are growing up in poverty in Britain after being treated like “second-class citizens” because of the “hostile environment” policy, a report claims. It says many children of
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Health Secretary Matt Hancock has been urged to stop private companies from securing NHS contracts. A total of 26 health service contracts worth more than £128 million are currently out
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