It currently stands at £27.15 a week and is paid to parents on certain benefits for each child under the age of 16. The ...

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar said the UK Government’s actions will lift thousands of Scottish children out of poverty.

Social Security Scotland said that 322,230 children are ‘actively benefitting’ from the payment, brought in to help low ...

It is increasingly likely Chancellor Rachel Reeves will scrap the two-child benefit cap in the budget, following intense campaigning from The Herald ...

People living in Scotland-only receive either £73.90 or £110.40 each week - the same rate as Attendance Allowance. it will be paid every four weeks - £295.60, or £441.60 per pay period.

John Swinney has pledged more money for tackling child poverty after Chancellor Rachel Reeves scrapped the two-child benefit cap. The Scottish Government intended to mitigate the limit from April 2026 ...

Hundreds of thousands of children would be lifted out of poverty if the government scrapped the two-child limit on benefits in its entirety, experts agree. And now, new figures have revealed the ...

Councillors focused on West Lothian’s shocking child poverty figures in a political blame game at this month’s Executive, as parties position themselves ahead of the coming budget and Scottish ...

Campaigners have called on the First Minister to “come good” on previous commitments to use the money earmarked for ...

EXCLUSIVE: Directors at the taxpayer-funded quango have enjoyed big pay hikes despite the SNP Government facing a £2bn blackhole in welfare spending by the end of the decade.

Attendance Allowance payments issued by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) are set to end for pensioners living in ...

The Scottish government will not increase income tax rates or introduce new bands in next year's Budget, Finance Secretary ...