Highland trout firm accused of animal welfare abuses
Covert filming of farmed trout apparently suffering at an abattoir last year led to a firm being formally warned. New footage has prompted a fresh complaint.
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‘An attack on human rights’: how austerity is eroding the lives of disabled people
For how long, wonders Alan Dick, can you stare at four walls before they start closing in? Seven years ago,
Ruling allowing Serco to evict asylum seekers sets ‘dangerous precedent’
Campaigners are warning that a “dangerous precedent” has been set by a “brutal” ruling from Scotland’s highest court that
Scottish families priced out of rental homes by UK austerity policies
Families on housing benefit are being priced out of homes across Scotland, according to new data that highlights the crisis
Scottish drug activists urged to break law to save lives
A leading Canadian drug activist has urged Scots to engage in widespread civil disobedience and set up unsanctioned safe injection
Charity to launch legal action over ‘scandalous’ failure to help Glasgow’s homeless
Homeless charity, Shelter Scotland, is preparing to take groundbreaking legal action against Glasgow City Council over its failure to accommodate
Hundreds of asylum seekers will be made homeless as Serco restarts evictions
Serco, a multi-national which provides housing for asylum seekers, has announced that it will restart evictions for those who
Serco fined almost £3m by Home Office for asylum housing failures
Serco has been fined millions of pounds by the Home Office for failing to meet the terms of its contract
Calls for First Minister to intervene to save Glasgow homeless services
Nicola Sturgeon has been urged to intervene to halt a plan to cut homeless services in Glasgow by £2.6
Glasgow unveils plans to cut homelessness services by £2.6m
Homeless services in Glasgow are to be cut by £2.6 million, with the loss of almost 100 emergency and
Serco staff ‘routinely’ walk into asylum seekers’ homes without warning, claims charity
The multinational firm, Serco, has been accused of making asylum seekers feel unsafe by regularly walking into their homes using
Serco asylum evictions legal case not ‘settled,’ says human rights lawyer
A leading human rights law firm has claimed that the legal position on whether Serco can evict asylum seekers in
Homeless death toll in Scotland rises to 139
Charities are demanding urgent action to prevent a “tragic” loss of lives, as updated figures reveal at least 139 people