First Minister Nicola Sturgeon recently announced that the Scottish Child Payment will be doubled to £20 per week per child from April 2022.
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People claiming benefits through Scotland’s new social security agency will be offered face to face support meetings as part of a new service.
Social Security Minister Ben Macpherson has vowed advisers will be available to answer questions and help with form filling as part of their “delivery service”.
Here, he writes for the Sunday Mail about the new system.
He said: "We want Scotland’s new social security system to be helping people in the heart of our communities.
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First Minister Nicola Sturgeon recently announced that the Scottish Child Payment will be doubled to £20 per week per child from April 2022.
The Scottish Government has confirmed no new coronavirus deaths have been reported in Tayside in the last 24 hours.
A new campaign which will help people struggling financially get support and access the benefits they are eligible to claim has launched in Scotland.
The Scottish Government has confirmed that 7 people have died from coronavirus in the last 24 hours.
Scottish singer KT Tunstall has just announced she will be headlining this years huge Hogmanay celebrations at Times Square in New York City.
Scots singer KT Tunstall has made the huge announcement she is headlining the Hogmanay bash at Times Square in New York City.
An exciting up-and-coming Scottish rum producer has just unveiled a new rum aged in Speyside whisky casks.
Combining Scottish and Italian flavours is now commonplace when it comes to food, but two Scots brothers are now doing it with an exciting new twist on a classic drink.
New World game director Scot Lane has discussed the MMO’s rocky post-launch and shared more on how development has been impacted by exploits.In an interview with PCGamesN, Lane was asked how disruptive recent exploits have been to Amazon Game Studios‘ plans for server balancing.Lane admitted that “exploits have been very disruptive and we’ve had to put a large amount of our team’s focus into correcting them”.Lane adds that although “the percentage of players and companies using exploits is
The Scottish Government has ruled out increasing income tax rates in the first joint Budget signed off by the SNP and Greens.
The Scottish Government has asked for financial support from Westminster in case restrictions need to be reimposed following a spike in Omicron cases across the country.
Duran Duran have announced more dates for their upcoming 40th anniversary celebration tour taking place in 2022.
One person has died from coronavirus in the last 24 hours, the Scottish Government has confirmed.
Sam Heughan and his Outlander co-star Graham McTavish released their second book Clandlands: The Almanac last month, and already it has made the New York Times Best Seller list.
The Scottish Government has launched a consultation for a new heating benefit that would give around 400,000 low-income households a guaranteed £50 payment every winter towards their energy bills.
Sam Heughan and Graham McTavish are making a second season of their ever popular Starz series Men In Kilts.
#MenInKilts Season 2! pic.twitter.com/UHSz4kJHljSeason 1 of the show saw them exploring their native Scotland and taking part in various events. There was also a heavy food component to the show, with the actors quite happily sampling cuisine wherever they went.
Outlander stars Sam Heughan and Graham McTavish are ready to hit the road again – this time in New Zealand. Starz has renewed their hit travel docuseries Men in Kilts: A Roadtrip with Sam and Graham for a six-episode second season. Developed by Heughan and McTavish, Men in Kilts is produced by Boardwalk Pictures, in association with Sony Pictures Television.
The Scottish Government has confirmed there have been 2,287 new Covid-19 cases in the latest 24 hour period.