Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale has highlighted her plans to tackle child poverty, as she accused the SNP and Tories of being too focused on division to address the issue.
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More than 16,500 people and a coalition of 80 charities have signed a letter urging party leaders to put an end to disability benefit cuts. Paralympians Kadeena Cox and Anne
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A senior Scottish Government minister has accused the Conservatives of trying to “sweep child poverty under the carpet”. Communities Secretary Angela Constance said the UK Government was trying to hide
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Patient safety should not be compromised in order to meet financial targets, the British Medical Association (BMA) has warned. The report comes as new figures suggest the NHS is now
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Ulster Unionist leader Robin Swann wants Northern Ireland’s health trusts to be merged into a single body in an overhaul of the healthcare system. The party’s manifesto says that to
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Financial support for poorer parents will more than double from summer 2019 when the first new Scottish benefit starts being paid, Social Security Secretary Angela Constance has said. Qualifying families
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A new strategy has been launched in a bid to eliminate the “appalling” crime of human trafficking. Justice Secretary Michael Matheson pledged work to help people spot the signs of
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Branding it a “dementia tax” was inspired – opponents of the Conservative Party’s election manifesto railed against its fundamentally unfair proposals for dealing with the social care costs of increasing
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Labour has said that more than a million families will benefit its pledge to overhaul “patchy” childcare provision as it sought focus on its manifesto plans to roll out free
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Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood is setting out plans for free nursery places for all three-year-olds in Wales as she resumes her party’s General Election campaign following a pause after
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