Holyrood considers doubling allowance for unpaid carers

West Dunbartonshire has the highest rate of households assessed as homeless in the whole of Scotland points to the need for urgent action at the highest level. “We are all aware of the awful impact that Covid-19 has had on household finances and individuals’ ability to pay rent and bills.

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to drop the £20 uplift to Universal Credit (UC) will leave vulnerable families struggling. UC payments were increased in the wake of the covid pandemic but Tory ministers now plan to remove this at the end of September – a move already branded “indefensible” by the Scottish Government.

Danielle Lloyd has raised her concerns for friend Katie Price and her ‘addiction’ to cosmetic surgery, according to the Mirror.The model recommended that Katie should seek therapy if she 'starts' to feel like she is becoming addicted to surgery following her latest procedure which has left her swollen and bruised.The mum-of-four, who has recently urged Coleen Rooney and Rebekah Vardy to end their feud, is no stranger to a bit of cosmetic alterations when she revealed she had a range of

double rapist who terrorised them as schoolgirls hit out as their attacker was jailed for four years yesterday. Oliver Barrie, 22, was convicted last month of raping and abusing two of his exes, who were just 13 and 15 at the time, punching them both on the body when they feared they might be pregnant.

Euro 2020 concluded on Sunday night in typically dramatic fashion after a captivating month of football. Italy won a European Championship for the first time since 1968, denying England their first ever win of the tournament.

Karen Gillan posted some snaps with her stunt double on Instagram, and fans can't quite tell who is who. As her new movie Gunpowder Milkshake is set to be released next week, the Inverness-born actress decided to dedicate an Instagram post to her 'badass' stunt double Aurelia Agel by sharing multiple snaps of the pair hard at work.

Home Office is being urge to "do the right thing" and grant the grandmother of an orphaned boy permanent leave to remain in the UK so she can continue to care for the youngster. Ketino Baikhadze, 61, is the kinship carer for 13-year-old grandson, Giorgi Kakava.

Glasgow Royal Infirmary. Emergency services were called to the scene after receiving reports of a one vehicle collision on Castle Street.

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Covid-19 cases at a Scots prison have almost doubled in one week as understaffed NHS nurses working there 'fear for their lives'. The nurse described HMP Low Moss in Bishopbriggs, East Dunbartonshire as 'pure hell' amid a spike in cases from 30 to 50 in the last week.

Primark will launch a new website next year which will allow customers to check which products are in store at their local branch. The budget retailer currently provides customers with a preview of the latest products available to buy in the majority of stores.

East Kilbride mum who had to deliver her stillborn baby in a labour ward has been taken to Holyrood.

PAISLEY DAILY EXPRESS: Live news as it happensThe report, entitled ‘Young, caring and struggling to make ends meet: the worsening economic circumstances of Scotland’s young carers during Covid-19’, found that young carers’ and their families’ financial difficulties have been exacerbated during the pandemic.Half of those surveyed say they have been left with no choice but to use food banks within the last year.

looking after relatives with poor health saw their often limited finances stretched even further by successive lockdowns, with many reporting they had no option but to rely on food banks. The report, by Oxfam and the University of the West of Scotland (UWS), is based on interviews with young people aged 13-17 who help to look after a family member at home.

Police have cordoned off a street in Edinburgh after being called to an early morning garage blaze. The alarm was raised at around 2.31am on Friday after a parking structure near a house on Moredun Dykes Road was engulfed in flames.

arrangement with the Greens instead of continuing with a minority government. The two parties are expected to stop short of a full coalition deal - like the kind used by Labour and the Lib Dems in the early 2000s - but instead agree to cooperate on certain key issues.

Prime Minister spoke as the UK government prepared to make a formal announcement on the latest travel guidance on Wednesday afternoon. Quarantine-free holidays to Malta, the Balearic Islands and Madeira could be permitted in an update to the Government’s foreign travel policy, according to analysts.