Westminster blasted by Motherwell and Wishaw MP over hard hitting Universal Credit claw-back

Scottish Government is spending £1,089 less per student on teaching in universities than when the SNP came into office in 2007, Scottish Labour has claimed.Richard Leonard said the figures show quality of tuition has “clearly been deprioritised by the SNP”.The Scottish Labour leader aid universities and students must be a priority for investment.Analysis by the party of data obtained from a freedom of information request to the Scottish Funding Council (SFC) found that real terms per student

universities could work from home after Christmas instead of returning to halls of residence in a bid to reduce the spread of Covid. SNP ministers will urge higher education institutions to offer more remote learning after a wave of infections spread through student accommodation in September.

Students could return to Scottish universities after the Christmas holidays on a staggered basis to prevent another mass outbreak of Covid in halls of residence, John Swinney has suggested. The education secretary said ministers were "learning lessons" after campuses across the country saw cases of the virus soar after students first returned in September.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.Allstars Community Café is cooking up a storm after winning this year’s Alliance Scotland’s Self Management Award 2020 for employability.Chosen by SUSE (Scottish Association for Supported Employment) it recognised the café’s role in supporting people to live their lives better and on their terms.The café was commended for its strong ethos of encouraging community participation and social isolation and

universities failed to reduce capacity in halls of residence, despite knowing the need for physical distancing to stop the spread of coronavirus. An investigation by the BBC has found that the Covid -19 outbreak in student halls was “an accident waiting to happen”.

Mark Millar of stealing ideas from an unknown writer has been thrown out by the highest court in the US.Michael Bennett claimed that Millar had plagiarised his self-published superhero novel Owl for comic book stories and movies.Bennett, of Norcross, Georgia, claimed he had sent his manuscript to comic book publisher Marvel in 2008 and alleged it had then fallen into Millar’s hands.However, although Millar previously worked on Marvel projects, he was never an employee of the company and lived in

benefits after lying about living with her partner.Kirsty Benn failed to tell the Department of Work and Pensions she was living with Mark Campbell at her home in Wallyford, East Lothian.The 35-year-old was called in for an interview by DWP staff and lied about staying with him under questioning.The Daily Record and Sunday Mail have always been at the forefront when it comes to reporting crime in Scotland.But did you know all the ways you can stay informed of the top crime and courts

Nicola Sturgeon’s plea for Scots to stay away from the Lancashire holiday town in a bid to reduce covid cases. Business leaders have rushed to defend their town’s reputation after the First Minister called on Scots not make their way there for October holidays and for Old Firm fans to abandon plans to watch the Glasgow derby in its seaside pubs.

child poverty in Scotland has been exposed in scandalous new figures showing a rise almost everywhere in the past five years. Only one council area managed to improve - by just less than one percent - while the rest of the country saw young people fall further behind.

John Leslie groped a woman's breasts with both his hands at a celebrity Christmas party, a court heard today. The 55-year-old former star denied sexually assaulting the woman 12 years ago.

coronavirus symptoms has said she won't quit as she faces backlash.

Janey Godley provided the country with much needed light relief with her hilarious versions of the First Minister 's daily Covid speeches, so much so that she has now compiled them into a book.

tuition fees. MP Douglas Ross, the new leader of the party, said the previous position put to voters at two elections is now being reassessed.

Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) has warned that there are potentially thousands of Universal Credit claimants in Scotland who will find their incomes unable to match their cost of living unless the weekly £20 increase to the benefit is retained beyond next March.The charity analysed Universal Credit CAB cases over the summer from people in complex debt ahead of Challenge Poverty Week 2020, which begins on Monday, October 5.Complex debt refers to the level of support someone needs, whether that is

Universal Credit next spring. Citizens Advice Scotland worked out 80% of people who had asked for help with "complex debt" would be unable to pay their way after the cut in March.

SNP colleague for breaking coronavirus rules and potentially putting lives at risk.The Scottish First Minister spoke out after Rutherglen and Hamilton West MP Margaret Ferrier admitted taking a train from Glasgow to London after showing symptoms, then speaking in a Westminster debate before travelling back by train after a positive coronavirus result.Now Ferrier has confessed 'there is no excuse for my actions' with the MP being suspended by the whip.Sturgeon tweeted: "This is utterly

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Boris Johnson has been accused of "shattering" any remaining trust in a "broken Westminster system" by driving through controversial Internal Market Bill.

universities have seen large numbers of students testing positive since they returned to campus. Institutions told learners they weren't allowed to socialise with anyone outside their accommodation over the weekend.