Claim John Swinney stayed at Peter Mandelson's residence is Mostly True
The first minister has been criticised online for staying with Mandelson on a trip to the US last year. We looked at the truth behind the claims.
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Number of Scots facing benefit sanctions doubles over three years
The number of people who have had their benefits sanctioned in Scotland has doubled over the last three years, an
Council contracts with debt collectors worth up to £20m
Local authorities have been accused of issuing “escalating threats” to people behind on their council tax, after The Ferret found
STUC accuse Scottish Government of ‘tartan Tory austerity’ at cost-of-living summit
Scotland’s Trades Union Congress (STUC) has issued a call for further Scottish Government intervention on the cost of living
Scottish Welfare Fund failing families in financial crisis
The Scottish Welfare Fund, which the Scottish Government claims is there to help people who need it most, has failed
‘Families are drowning’: urgent calls made for child maintenance payments to be enforced
The UK government must step in to prevent single parent families “drowning in poverty” because their child maintenance payments have
Call for UK government to “right the wrongs” of a decade of austerity
Leading Scottish campaigners and church leaders have called on politicians elected tomorrow to commit to “righting the wrongs” caused by
Revealed: £56m cuts to disability payments hit Scotland’s poorest hardest
Many of Scotland’s poorest communities have been hit hardest by cuts to disability benefits with over £56 million lost