Half of Scots households on Universal Credit face 'poverty tax' deductions in payments

A young boy who was left deaf in one ear after being hit by a car as a small child has wowed crowds at Scotland's busiest train station with his amazing piano skills.

A Scottish charity has once again launched its annual Christmas campaign to help buy gifts and meals for homeless people this festive period.

Christmas is just around the corner and for many households this will be a different sort of festive season as people try to cope with the ongoing cost of living crisis. Finances of even the most stringent of savers are being squeezed even tighter due to rising energy costs, soaring food prices and ever-increasing inflation.

Legacy benefit claimants across the UK who missed out on the £20 weekly uplift paid to millions of people on Universal Credit during the coronavirus pandemic will be able to watch a livestream of the appeal hearing from the Court of Appeal today, Wednesday December 7.

There are an estimated 19.2 million families and 39.8 million individuals across the UK currently in receipt of State Pension or benefits from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) who will see their payments go up by 10.1% next year. The uprating will come into effect on April 10, 2023.

A court appeal over the £20 weekly uplift which was paid to millions of people on Universal Credit during the coronavirus pandemic, but not to those on older-style legacy benefits, is set to take place this week. One of the litigant’s involved in the challenge confirmed on social media that the legal team representing the four benefit claimants will present their case to the Court of Appeal on Wednesday December 7, 2022.

A businessman whose house was firebombed in the summer is now under investigation for tax fraud, we can reveal. Chris Lessani’s Glasgow home was among more than a dozen places raided by HM Revenue & Customs officers last week.

A Scots couple left cowering in their seats after drunken louts caused chaos on a flight to Ibiza have hit out at Ryanair for failing to control the troublemakers. The married duo from North Lanarkshire were looking forward to a relaxing break when they boarded the plane at Edinburgh Airport on September 25, but were instead subjected to a ‘horrific’ three hours of travel.

The Scottish SSPCA have issued a warning to Scots after a home was visited by fake inspectors.

A new opinion poll has found that half of Scots would vote SNP in the next general election if a victory for the party could lead to Scottish independence.

A man has appeared in court charged with attempted murder after a 31-year-old was ‘run down by a car’ on a residential Clydebank street.

Scots remain split down the middle on independence and only a "fool" could know the outcome of a referendum, the country's top pollster has said.

NHS Grampian is taking part in a trial to help vulnerable people heat their homes.

A miniature Shetland pony and three alpacas appeared in court on Monday - to give a morale boost to stressed-out legal staff.

An estimated 19.2 million families and 39.8 million individuals across the UK currently in receipt of State Pension or benefits from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) will see their payments go up by 10.1% next year.

New figures released by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) reveal that more than four million children are living in families which receive Universal Credit. The official data shows that in August, some 4,030,796 children were living in households receiving the benefit - an increase of 124,471 since May when the figure was 3,906,325.

There are more than 20 million people across the UK claiming benefits or State Pension from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). Some benefits such as Universal Credit can be a lifeline for those out of work or on a low income, providing crucial financial support to cope with daily living costs.

A mum claims to have spotted Donald Trump 's face - on a cheese toastie.

Sydney Sweeney doesn’t have many answers for the backlash to her mom’s birthday party.

Police and Trading Standards seized £1m of fake designer gear and arrested a man during a raid of storage units in East Kilbride.