Finance Secretary Derek Mackay has been urged to help hard-up families by increasing child benefit payments by £5 a week as part of his budget. Children’s charities, academics, trade unions
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An £825,000 training scheme will help police officers across Scotland deal with some of the more “insidious and damaging” forms of domestic abuse, the Justice Secretary said. Humza Yousaf (pictured)
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A teenager will go on trial next year charged with the rape and murder of six-year-old Alesha MacPhail on the Scottish island of Bute. The 16-year-old, who cannot be identified
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A new payment to help cover the costs of having children has been introduced in Scotland. Families on low incomes can now apply for the Best Start Grant, with applications
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The UK Government will not allow Holyrood ministers to pay £65 settled status fees for European citizens who are working in Scotland’s public services, Nicola Sturgeon has said. The First
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The Health Secretary has committed to adding day-to-day assessments of staff needs into new legislation aimed at ensuring safe numbers of healthcare workers. Holyrood unanimously passed the Health and Care
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A campaign to support older people experiencing care to move more often has been hailed as a success by independent research. In 2016 the Care Inspectorate was commissioned by the
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Urgent action is needed to tackle the worsening performance and financial problems at NHS Tayside, according to Scotland’s public spending watchdog. Auditor general for Scotland Caroline Gardner spoke out after
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Two property entrepreneurs have offered to donate some of their flats to homeless people in a collaboration with the charity Social Bite. Graeme and Leanne Carling are offering units from
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Proposed new legislation to enshrine safe levels of health and care staff in law is expected to pass its first hurdle at Holyrood later. The Health and Care (Staffing) (Scotland)
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