Millions will spend Christmas in ‘Dickensian conditions’

MILLIONS of people are spending a fourth Christmas in “Dickensian conditions” due to fuel poverty, a damning report revealed today.

Scottish plans to scrap the two-child benefit cap by 2026 branded ‘jam tomorrow’

THE Scottish government’s Budget won’t alleviate child poverty and promises to scrap the two-child benefit cap in 2026 are merely “jam tomorrow,”

Calls for energy support intensify as temperatures expected to plunge

DEMANDS for more energy support for vulnerable households intensified today as temperatures are expected to plummet this week.

Pensioners, small businesses and working people are not getting a fair deal, survey finds

PENSIONERS, small businesses and working people are being treated unfairly compared with big business and high-income earners, a survey of the Bri

Unite seeks legal action against government cuts to winter fuel payments

A LEADING trade union is taking steps for urgent legal action against the government’s decision to cut winter fuel payments to all but the poorest

Third of pensioners will struggle without winter fuel payment

MORE than a third of pensioners will find it difficult to manage financially following Labour’s cruel decision to axe universal winter fuel payment

You must work, Kendall tells claimants

Voices of Scotland Spend to invest in our future 

With the Scottish government’s Budget day coming up in early December, BRENDA AITCHISON presses for public services to be properly funded at last after years of neglect and austerity

New data reveals cost of limiting energy use below safe levels

NEW research has found that households putting their health in danger by rationing energy use are saving less than they may have anticipated.

Average energy bills to rise to £1,738 from January

LABOUR’S pledge to cut energy bills was left in tatters today after regulator Ofgem announced consumers will be slapped with yet another increase i