State Pension, Universal Credit and other benefits to be paid early this week due to bank holiday Monday

A thunderstorm warning has been issued by the Met Office, as Scotland is set to be battered by rain, wind, and stormy weather.

State Pension is a contributions-based benefit that provides essential financial support for 12.6million older people across Great Britain, including more than one million living in Scotland. Of that overall total, more than 1.4million people are also receiving additional support through Attendance Allowance.

Prince Andrew will have to live to be 105 before Government files on his activities can be released, it has emerged.

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Just as autumn gets underway, the summer weather has finally returned.

Hundreds of kites will take to the skies above St Annes this weekend when the much-loved festival returns.

A mum and five children shared one hotel room for nearly two months due to Scotland’s shameful housing shortage.

Rail passengers in Scotland may face some disruption this weekend as a bout of industrial action is set to take place.

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As summer comes to an end, one thing we have to look forward to is the absolutely gorgeous autumn scenery in Scotland.

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More than 34,000 people have signed an online petition calling for the State Pension to be paid to everyone in retirement at the same rate as the National Living Wage, despite an official response rejecting the proposal. According to map data on the petitions-parliament website, 34,062 signatures have now been recorded from every parliamentary constituency across Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

The Scottish Government recently announced that a new devolved disability payment designed to provide additional financial support for people of State Pension age will not include a mobility component. However, it has also confirmed that the new benefit will not involve any face-to-face assessments as part of the application process.

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There are 22 million people across the UK claiming at least one benefit from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). That number includes 12.6 million older people in receipt of State Pension payments, a contributory benefit only available to those of retirement age with at least 10 years’ worth of National Insurance Contributions.

The last bank holiday of the summer falls on Monday for people in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. However, it will also affect people in Scotland expecting payments from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) or HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) on that day.

Production spend in the Scottish high-end TV (HETV) and film industries hit £617.4 million in 2021, an increase of 55% compared to 2019’s £398.6 million, according to statistics released today by Screen Scotland. 

Former Celtic star Kris Commons and his fiancee Lisa Hague are set to finally tie the knot this weekend after a 22-year engagement surrounded by their nearest and dearest.

An estimated 188,000 people in Scotland are affected by some form of sight loss with that figure expected to double by 2031, according to the charity, Sight Scotland, formerly known as Royal Blind. Three out of four people with a visual impairment are aged over 65, with around 8,000 adults of working age registered blind or partially sighted.

The Triple Lock will determine the level of uprating to be applied to the State Pension for the 2024/25 financial year and pays the highest between September’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation rate, earnings growth, or 2.5 per cent. The frontrunner for the uprating is currently earnings growth, which came in at 7.8 per cent (excluding employee bonuses) for the period between April and June.