UK benefits system 'least generous' in northern Europe claims SNP

Scots racing pigeon took a wrong turn and walked into a pub in England some 148 miles from home. The Dumfries-bound bird turned up at The Black Swan Inn, in York on Friday after it was blown-off course by strong winds.

Manori Ravindran International EditorA ground-breaking survey about diversity and the auditioning process for British actors, believed to be the largest of its kind in the U.K., has revealed that 79% of respondents feel roles continue to stereotype their ethnicities, and 64% have experienced racist stereotyping in an audition.Meanwhile, more than half (55%) of respondents have experienced racist behavior in the workplace, while a majority have spoken out about the lack of support in hair and

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Anneliese Dodds said the Scottish Government must "get a grip" on NHS services and bring down waiting times that have grown because of the covid pandemic.In an interview with the Record while on a visit to Glasgow, the chair of UK Labour said it was her party that was speaking up for working people and those concerned about the future of local services.The former shadow chancellor, who was born in Aberdeen, insisted Labour could win back voters from the SNP if it made "strong arguments" on

Scotland to save 20,000 VHS tapes from the dump.VideOdyssey owner Andy Johnson is travelling up from Liverpool to Dundee to collect the mammoth donation of tapes.The movie buff followed his dream to open a video rental store and it has proven so popular that he has had to expand the store.People across the country have donated their tapes to him, including George McInnes in Dundee.George's massive 20,000 haul of VHS tapes has been collected over decades from car boot sales, and he is happy to

ruled out working with the Nationalists at Westminster except on environmental issues and has previously insisted there is "no case" for Britain to rejoin the European Union in the future. But Kirsten Oswald said polling proved there remained widespread support among Scots for EU membership, with a survey carried out by Opinium in March finding 53% backed rejoining, once don't knows were excluded.

smart meters, although a significant proportion still believes the rollout has not been worth it, a survey suggests. Smart meters are a new generation of energy meters that have been installed in homes across the UK as part of a national government scheme to become more energy efficient and cost effective.

Self Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) grants. The latest figures from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) show that 9.1 million grants have been claimed in total by self-employed people across the UK since the scheme launched in May last year.

iOS - Android When compared to small countries similar in size to Scotland, this rises to 19 percentage points.Even with the uplift to Universal Credit, which the Chancellor has said will end, a single person in the UK receives less than a fifth of the average unemployment benefits provided by other European countries.Ms Adamson, the MSP for Motherwell and Wishaw, said: “The UK already has the lowest state pension in the developed world."And now this new analysis shows that the UK Government is