Welfare

Moray Council is introducing an increased level of prioritisation of welfare grants to ensure those with the highest rating of need are supported.

A Glasgow man is praising a service helping social housing tenants claim welfare benefits. Retired painter and decorator Raymond Walker is one of nearly 3700 Wheatley Homes Glasgow customers who have benefited from the support of the Welfare Benefit Advisor team.

Edel Harris OBE, former chief executive of the charity Mencap, has been appointed to chair the Independent Review of Adult Disability Payment. The independent review – a Programme for Government commitment – will consider people’s experiences of the Scottish benefit to ensure it co

A Glasgow man has praised an advice service for helping him access benefits he didn’t know he was entitled to.

Around 1.6 million private renters across the UK are set to receive a substantial boost to their housing support in April after the UK Government laid legislation to increase Local Housing Allowance (LHA).

The Independent Living Fund, which supports disabled people, is to reopen to new applicants after receiving £9 million investment as part of the 2024-25 Scottish Budget. The funding forms part of the £19.5 billion budget for NHS recovery, health and social care and will support around 1,

Money to help with heating costs is on its way to around 400,000 people on low incomes through the Scottish Government benefit Winter Heating Payment.

The voices and experiences of West of Scotland Housing Association (WSHA) tenants were presented to the UK Government this week as part of a new report by the Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) outlining the devastating impact the cost-of-living crisis has had on social housing tenan

The families of more than 323,000 under-16s were benefitting from Scottish Child Payment at the end of September, official statistics show. New figures published this week show the payment of £25 per week was reaching 323,315 children - an increase of more than 7,000 compared to 30 June 2023.

The Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) has warned MPs they must take immediate action after a new report laid bare the devastating impact of the cost-of-living crisis on Scotland’s social tenants. Following last week’s announcements in the Autumn Statement and a

A new report has highlighted the ongoing range of work being done to tackle child poverty in Perth and Kinross. The 5th Local Child Poverty Action Report (LCPAR) by Perth & Kinross Council and NHS Tayside says that child poverty rates in Perth and Kinross have remained stable between 2017 and 20

Changes to work capability assessments announced in the Autumn Statement are "deeply concerning" and could mean people receive less support based on a change of criteria rather than a change in their health, social justice secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville has said. While welcoming the fact that&nbs

Housing benefit is to be uprated for the first time in three years following yesterday's Autumn Statement but concerns have been raised that the move is not enough to address homelessness in Scotland.

Social Security Scotland has published its Annual Report and Accounts which show that it made £641 million in direct payments to people across Scotland from 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023. The payments were made across 13 Scottish benefits, seven of which are completely new forms of support no

Vulnerable people in Argyll and Bute accessed more than £4.3 million of additional income in 2022/23 thanks to the council’s Welfare Rights Team. This is the highest annual figure ever achieved in the area and includes £534,669 for families affected by cancer, supported by the coun