Social Security Advisory Committee to face questions on DWP managed migration process to Universal Credit

Motorists travelling to Edinburgh on the M90 in Fife are facing a 13-mile-long queue with a 60-minute delay over the Queensferry Crossing.

Sam Heughan has opened up about the time he felt 'betrayed' by Outlander producers during the filming of a graphic sexual assault scene.

The manager of a Scots nursery where a baby boy choked to death has been convicted of failing to ensure children were adequately monitored during mealtimes.

Outlander star Sam Heughan has reflected on filming character Jamie Fraser’s difficult sexual assault.

Cold Weather Payments are set to be replaced this winter for people living in Scotland. The Scottish Government will introduce a new heating benefit from February 2023 that will give around 400,000 households on a low income a guaranteed £50 payment towards their energy bills.

Mighty Quinn Young has become the youngest girl ever to scale all of Scotland’s 282 Munros - at the age of ten. The Inverness youngster has braved wind, rain and snow to scale all peaks in Scotland over 3,000ft - including many which have claimed the lives of climbers who have gone before.

Janey Godley has hit out at online trolls who have targeted her and made comments about her mother's death.

Builders renovating an former school were left stunned after uncovering a purse from 1959 hidden beneath the floorboards. The plastic clutch, which had belonged to a 13-year-old girl, had been slightly chewed by rats but its contents were still perfectly intact, according to the Mirror.

Judges in the Supreme Court heard evidence for and against First Minster Nicola Sturgeon's plan to hold a second independence referendum for the second and final day today.

The latest figures from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) show that at the end of July, 2022 there were more than three million people across the UK claiming support through Personal Independence Payments (PIP), an increase of more than 52,000 since April. Just over one in three claimants (35%) are receiving the highest level of award.

Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is a benefit for people aged over 16 and under State Pension age who need help with daily living tasks or moving around as a result of a long-term illness, disability or mental or physical health condition.

Lothian MSP Miles Briggs says the Scottish government have ‘rushed through’ rent controls this week that have seen the introduction of a rent freeze across Scotland.

Nicola Sturgeon has condemned the "vile" racist abuse aimed at pupils of a Glasgow school after she was pictured visiting a classroom last week.

Police are investigating online racist abuse aimed at children from a Glasgow primary school. Comments were directed at children from St Albert's Primary School in Pollokshields, after Nicola Sturgeon made a visit on Friday, September 30, to join pupils in marking Climate Action Week.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has announced an extra £421 million will be available for local authorities across the UK to help households with energy bills, food costs and other daily essentials during the cost of living crisis. Scotland will receive an additional £41 million as part of the Barnett Consequentials, for a total of £123 million from this support fund so far.

Nicola Sturgeon has slammed the 'vile racists' who targeted young children at a school in Glasgow in a torrent of online abuse following a recent visit.

A notorious Scottish gangland killer has admitted being caught with a mobile phone behind bars - for the third time.

State Pension provides essential financial support every four weeks for more than 12.5 million people across the UK, including 981,399 living in Scotland. This regular payment of up to £185.15 per week for the Full, new State Pension or £141.85 per week for the basic old State Pension (Category A or B) is available for those who have reached the UK Government’s eligible retirement age, which increased to 66 for both men and women in October 2020.