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.
welfare reform
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‘Tired of just surviving’: how care leavers are fighting back against austerity
Ten days after her 16th birthday Amy-Beth Miah decided she’d had enough of a care system that seemed designed
‘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,
‘Persisting deprivation’: inside Dundee’s drugs crisis
Atop the Law Hill on a blustery day, Ewan Gurr looks down over Dundee and talks about austerity and the
‘There is no safety net’: Fife’s child poverty epidemic
Rhona Cunningham says that when she began working at Fife Gingerbread around 15 years ago child poverty was “not so
FFS Explains: the changing benefits system in the UK and Scotland
The ways in which people receive welfare benefits are changing across the UK as the Westminster government continues to roll