New figures show over £1billion paid out to help end child poverty New figures show that the Scottish Government’s five family payments have reached a landmark…
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£37.6m in Key Support Paid Out in Angus Social Security Scotland has published its Annual Report and Accounts, which shows that it made £1.9 billion in…
SNP Call for Emergency Action After ‘Glaring Omission’ The SNP has called for the Labour government to take emergency action to tackle child poverty, after charities…
Action Would Lift 563,000 Kids Out of Poverty The SNP has challenged the Labour government to get serious about eradicating child poverty by matching the Scottish Child Payment UK-wide at the UK…
Cruel Policy Pulling 100+ Kids into Poverty Every Day The SNP has called on Anas Sarwar to finally put protecting Scotland’s children ahead of his relationship…
Financial Support to Heat Homes Social Security Scotland have started paying Child Winter Heating Payment, an annual automatic payment of £251.50 to help families of disabled…
200,000+ Disabled People Benefitting from Devolved System Over 200,000 disabled adults have now had their benefit award transferred to Social Security Scotland from the Department for…
Social security support as children prepare for back to school Parents and carers are being encouraged to check their eligibility for financial support as the summer…
In the face of years of UK austerity, and welfare policies which penalise the poorest in society, the Scottish Government is investing to mitigate the worst…
Over £829m in Social Security Providing Boost for Families The families of more than 329,000 children under 16 are benefitting from Scottish Child Payment, latest statistics…