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29 June 2017
New report examines evidence of impact in Scotland.
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News, Scottish Government, Benefits, Disability
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21 June 2017
Historic legislation to establish Scotland’s first social security system has been introduced to the Scottish Parliament.
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News, Scottish Government, Benefits
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15 May 2017
Thousands of people with direct personal experience of the current benefits system have signed up to help shape the delivery of benefits in Scotland’s new social security system
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News, Scottish Government, Benefits
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28 April 2017
Scotland’s new social security agency will put people before profits, with no private companies carrying out benefit assessments.
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News, Scottish Government, Benefits
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10 March 2017
A new campaign to raise awareness of how people can claim the benefits they are entitled to, has been launched by the Scottish Government.
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News, Benefits, Welfare
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6 October 2016
Conditionality should not be enforced on devolved employment programmes.
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News, Benefits, Employment, Work Programme
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12 September 2016
Social security consultation reaches half-way mark.
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News, Benefits, Scottish Government
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14 July 2016
Scottish Parliament to assume powers on social security and employability.
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News, Scottish Government, Unemployment, Benefits
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3 March 2016
A new delivery agency will be set up to administer social security payments worth £2.7 billion when they are devolved to Scotland.
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News, Benefits, Welfare, Scottish Government
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8 January 2016
The report sets out Reform's case for the structural reform of the Employment and Support Allowance.
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News, Report, Welfare, Benefits
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1 October 2015
£192,000 to support vulnerable people through the application process.
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News, Disability, Benefits
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20 July 2015
Families in Scotland who rely on tax credits will face nearly £700 million worth of cuts if the UK Government pushes ahead with its ‘inexcusable’ proposals, Social Justice Secretary Alex Neil has said.
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News, Benefits, Welfare
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6 July 2015
More women could be pushed into poverty and disproportionately affected by social security reforms if the UK Government cuts £12 billion from its welfare budget, Welfare Minister Margaret Burgess has said.
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News, Gender Equality, Benefits
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21 May 2015
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) has released a report analysing employment patterns in 180 countries. It found that insecure work had increased since the financial crisis, with three quarters of the world’s workers now self-employed, in temporary or casual jobs.
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News, Report, Employment, Benefits
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15 May 2015
The DWP reports that the benefit cap continues to provide an incentive to work, with over 22,000 people who had their benefits capped moving into work, reducing their Housing Benefit claim or no longer claiming Housing Benefit at all, according to new figures published.
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News, Benefits, DWP
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