Welfare

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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,

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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.

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Improving the way the Scottish system of social security delivers for people in need of support is at the heart of new legislation. Social justice secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville said the Social Security (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill will enhance the rights of Social Security Scotland clients by int

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