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While Scottish Child Payment (SCP) reaches almost every child in poverty, there are even more children above the poverty line who also receive this benefit. Scottish Child Payment is generally […]
by Erica Young, CAS Social Justice team. The new Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson has stated powerfully that “tackling child poverty is at the heart of breaking down barriers to opportunity […]
The Scottish government cannot guarantee it will be able to provide universal winter fuel payments to pensioners after the chancellor announced cuts south of the border, Public Finance Minister Ivan […]
SHELTER have a job which is live for the next week – Regarding Money and Debt advice within the HSBC team. Housing Rights Worker (Money and Debt) – Scotland with […]
Sign-up to attend a consultation event https://www.gov.scot/groups/adult-disability-payment-independent-review The consultation and call for evidence are open until 23 August 2024 Spaces are limited at each event and we recommend booking your […]
DWP annual report and accounts 2023 to 2024 Issues highlighted include that more than £9 billion of benefits were overpaid in 2023/2024, with two thirds of all overpayments by value […]
BY TOM POLLARD 23 JULY 2024 Conditionality – the requirements placed on people on work-related benefits – is often presented as both necessary, to limit the time people spend on benefits, […]
The Government must overhaul the benefits system to tackle poverty and boost children’s mental health, according to a new report from Centre for Mental Health, Save the Children UK and […]
Last updated 23 July 2024 As one or more of your benefits will be ending soon, you need to move to Universal Credit. Contents
Department highlights that agents can now save details relating to the consent, which can last up to six months, direct onto the claimant’s account The DWP has set out improvements […]
The Prime Minister has appointed leads of a new ministerial taskforce to begin work on the Child Poverty Strategy. The Prime Minister has today [Wednesday 17 July] appointed the Work […]
Labour’s Plans for Universal Credit and Employment Support researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/LLN-2024-0042/LLN-2024-0042.pdf Summary: The Labour manifesto committed to “reviewing universal credit so that it makes work pay and tackles poverty” but did not […]
