New PIP-style benefit claims processing time is less than 60 days with more people awarded enhanced rates

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has updated online guidance for parents or guardians making a new claim for Child Benefit. You can claim Child Benefit if you are responsible for bringing up a child who is under 16, or 20 if they stay in approved education or training.

Energy customers in Scotland claiming certain benefits may be able to get £150 deducted from their electricity bill this winter through the Warm Home Discount Scheme. The money is paid directly by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to energy suppliers between October 2022 and March 2023.

Scots singer Joesef only released his new album on Friday and it is already a high-flyer.

The yearly list of '52 Places to Go' by The New York Times has been released and Scotland's Kilmartin Glen has made the cut.

Harry Potter star Robbie Coltrane's ashes have been scattered at a few of his favourite spots in New York.

Three huge snakes have been found dead at a Scots loch next to a number of bags of rubbish.

A community will gather to pay an emotional tribute to a “loved” scots dad who tragically died after falling off a bridge in New Zealand on Christmas Day. Duncan Gordon, 39, from Dunkeld, fell backwards from the bridge in Dunedin at around 8pm following a social gathering with friends.

Chronic or persistent pain is pain that carries on for longer than 12 weeks despite medication or treatment. Most people get back to normal after pain following an injury or operation, but sometimes the pain carries on for longer or comes on without any history of an injury or operation.

Social Security Scotland has issued an important update for new and existing claimants of Scottish Child Payment who are still waiting on the outcome of their application. The devolved benefit is now £25 per week for parents and carers of children up to the age of 16, worth £100 per month, per eligible child.

Scots singer Joesef will be heading to the east end this weekend as he launches his brand new album Permanent Damage.

Chilling footage of an abandoned caravan site belonging to the mother of convicted Scots killer Luke Mitchell has emerged online, showing the old outbuilding full of personal belongings.

A machete attack on a convicted drug dealer near his home has sparked fears of a renewed gang war in Edinburgh.

NHS Tayside has said it is “extremely busy” dealing with substantial increases in cases of flu, Covid-19 and other viruses.

Prince Harry alleged that he had to fly alone to Scotland ahead of Queen Elizabeth II‘s death because the royal family didn’t invite him.

Over 12,000 West Lothian households will benefit from the new Winter Heating Payment.

The latest statistics from the Department for Work and Pension s (DWP) show that by the end of October, there were more than three million people across the UK claiming Personal Independence Payment (PIP), including 329,334 living in Scotland. The figures also show that nearly half a million people of State Pension age are also in receipt of PIP.

A grieving Ayrshire woman is in a race against time to track down her late mum's missing wedding dress after it was sent to be cleaned three years ago and never returned. Linda Galloway, who was 62, died on December 30 after a lengthy battle with bowel cancer and her family are now desperate to have the gown returned so the beloved gran can wear it on her 'final journey'.

An Ayrshire rock band has won The Weekender Awards 2022 'Music Video of the Year'.

Thousands of revellers returned from all over the world to welcome in New Year at Scotland’s biggest street party. Over 40,000 people flooded into Edinburgh for the world-famous Hogmanay for the first time in three years.

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) recently confirmed that Tax Credit payments will be changing for all benefit claimants in the new financial year which runs from April 6, 2023 to April 5, 2024. The annual rates and threshold increase will come into effect from April for everyone receiving Working Tax Credits and Child Tax Credits payments.