Scottish Government pledge £7m to help working parents tackle poverty
The Scottish Government has pledged £7 million in the next year to benefit parents in the workplace in a bid to fight poverty. As part of the 2020/21 Budget process,
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Despite rising levels of employment major new report finds 14 million now living in poverty
Poverty has increased for children and pensioners over the last five years, a new study suggests. The Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) said that, despite rising levels of employment, in-work poverty
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Universal Credit housing benefit ‘often not enough to cover average room rent’
Housing benefit payments for young Universal Credit recipients are not enough to cover the average rent of a room in a shared house in almost all of England’s local authorities,
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Universal Credit rollout delayed again at cost of half a billion pounds
Universal Credit has been hit with another delay to its full rollout, at a cost of half a billion pounds. The Tories’ much-criticised flagship welfare reform is now not expected
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New figures reveal nearly 40,000 disabled Scots have completely lost their benefits
More than half of new claims in Scotland for the UK Government’s disability payment have been refused. Figures by the Scottish Government suggest tens of thousands of people with disabilities
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Government announce ‘Jack’s Law’ providing legal right to paid parental bereavement
Parents who suffer the loss of a child under the age of 18 will be entitled to two weeks’ statutory paid leave from work, the Government has announced. The new
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Estimated two million private renters in England made ill by housing worries – Shelter
An estimated two million renters in England have been left feeling physically ill or sick over the past year due to housing worries, Shelter has found. Some 24% said housing
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‘Callous’ couple jailed for murdering vulnerable homeless woman and claiming her benefits
A couple have been jailed for life for “callously” murdering a homeless woman, who they drowned in their bath before claiming her benefits, the Crown Prosecution Service has said. Kevin
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Millionaire Scottish Secretary brands decade of austerity as ‘housekeeping’
The Scottish Secretary has compared the austerity of the last decade to “housekeeping”, adding “true austerity” took place after the First and Second World Wars. Alister Jack told ITV Representing
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Charities warn 9,000 children may be pushed into poverty ‘unless welfare mitigations extended’
Up to 9,000 children in Northern Ireland could be plunged into poverty unless a package of welfare mitigations is extended, charities have warned. The measures to ease the impact of
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