Browsing: Social Security
Disabled & Long-term Sick Should Not Be Punished Westminster must put an end to the cruel Tory sanctions regime following new data showing a record number…
43,000 Payments Help Families with Cost of Living More than 43,000 payments have been paid automatically to help parents and carers with the cost of living…
Delivering a Fairer System with More Positive Outcomes Independence would give Scotland the opportunity to take a new approach to social security, designed to be fairer,…
6,555 Children in Angus Benefitting from Scottish Child Payment The families of more than 323,000 under-16s were benefitting from Scottish Child Payment at the end of…
Pilot Opens for New Applications The pilot phase of a new benefit that will be paid to over 80,000 carers has begun in Scotland. Unpaid carers…
SNP Supporting People Through Cost Crisis New figures show that 4,325 Scottish Welfare Fund payments have been made to support people in Angus between July 2022…
97% Received Support Payments On Time Social Security Scotland has published its Annual Report and Accounts, which show that it made £641 million in direct payments…
Bill to Make System More Efficient & Effective Improving the way the Scottish system of social security delivers for people in need of support is at…
Consultation on New Benefit to Help With Fuel Costs Views are being sought on the introduction of the Pension Age Winter Heating Payment, a new benefit…
Welfare policy is cutting poverty among under 16s to levels below the rest of Britain Scotland is the only part of the UK where this additional…