Tag: cuts

  The Scottish Government is directing new money to agencies helping people facing the brunt of UK benefit cuts, Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon...

  An expert group which will advise on how a fairer welfare system can be introduced in an independent Scotland has been unveiled by...

  By a Newsnet reporter The BBC has provoked anger from Holyrood's education and culture committee after snubbing a request to appear before MSPs...

  By a Newsnet reporter   Following Johann Lamont's recent denunciation of Scotland as a "something for nothing" culture, and her announcement that Labour...

  By a Newsnet reporter  Scottish Labour leader Johann Lamont’s reward for following her London bosses approach to public spending is an invite to...

  By Martin Kelly  Scottish Labour leader Johann Lamont has admitted that her party commission, set up to look at the affordability of universal...

  By Bob Duncan  There has been yet more embarrassment for the Scottish Labour party as Johann Lamont's attack on universal benefits continues to...

  By Bob Duncan  Labour’s ‘Cuts Commission’ has been given a stark warning that any attempts to introduce means testing for free personal care...

  By a Newsnet reporter  The leader of Glasgow City Council is being urged to clarify comments he made in a Scottish newspaper where...

  By a Newsnet reporter  The NUJ Scottish Organiser has told BBC management it will be almost impossible to find enough volunteers for redundancy...