December 2023

Published 19 December The 2024-25 Scottish Budget includes: https://www.gov.scot/news/2024-25-scottish-budget-unveiled/ https://www.gov.scot/budget/

Published 20 December The Independent Living Fund, which supports disabled people, is to reopen to new applicants after receiving £9 million investment as part of the 2024-25 Scottish Budget. The funding

Published on 18 December  A new emergency energy and food voucher initiative to support Scotland’s most vulnerable older people this winter has been launched by Age Scotland in partnership with

As mentioned in the minutes sent last week, our next Teams meeting will be on Tuesday the 27th February at 2pm – the link is below.  FYI: A news post added

This memo gives guidance on The Carer’s Assistance (Carer Support Payment) (Scotland) Regulations 2023 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2023 which came into force on 19.11.23. This order makes changes to social

Statistics on the number of people on Universal Credit with a health condition or disability restricting their ability to work. Quarterly statistics on the number of people on Universal Credit

Many people make a living from doing things in the gig economy like driving, delivering, or freelancing – often via online platforms such as Uber, Deliveroo and TaskRabbit. Some new

From April 2023 the SSCS Tribunal started to list cases using a new Scheduling and Listing solution. This, alongside HMCTS migrating to a new Strategic Data Platform, has resulted in

This forum is HMRC’s main channel for consulting with external customer representatives on tax credits and the transition to Universal Credits. The group works to improve our engagement with customers

The Independent Case Examiner’s annual report on complaints about the Department for Work and Pensions from 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023 This report explains the Independent Case Examiner’s