universal credit
Richard Lochhead: Taskforce to ‘assess Covid impact on student hardship’
January 27, 2021
Universal Credit unleashed ‘tsunami of misery’
January 21, 2021
Universal credit: Boris Johnson under pressure after Commons vote
January 18, 2021
Large numbers of people using Universal Credit ‘can really bring down a community, psychologically’, food bank organiser says
October 31, 2020
Tory split? Douglas Ross wants Rishi Sunak to keep Covid uplift
October 30, 2020
A bleak winter ahead: Young people and tourism-reliant communities suffer in grip of Covid-19
October 19, 2020
Demand for emergency supplies from north-east foodbank in five months of pandemic up nearly 40% on need through all of last year
September 29, 2020
Council could step in to stop Aberdeen schoolkids going hungry at hand of universal credit ‘anomaly’
September 11, 2020
Councillors agree plan to tackle growing pandemic-inflicted child poverty in Aberdeenshire
September 8, 2020
Stark report reveals 75% increase in Universal Credit claims in Aberdeenshire as ‘increased inequalities’ put more at risk to poverty
August 28, 2020
‘Not good enough’: Review of ‘devastating’ benefit rules for terminally ill still not complete
July 1, 2020
Benefit claimants across Highlands being ‘forced into debt’ by universal credit five-week wait
June 24, 2020
Frontline migrant workers forced to pay NHS charge will be refunded, Prime Minister pledges
June 17, 2020
Number of Aberdonians affected by unemployment up 60% in just one month
May 22, 2020
North-east MSP calls for students to receive Universal Credit during lockdown
May 13, 2020
Coronavirus: Schools in Scotland could be closed and hospital treatments delayed
March 8, 2020
PMQs: Boris Johnson says ‘I hate agreeing with these people’ after SNP question Lords’ pay
February 12, 2020
Rent arrears up in Aberdeenshire following universal credit roll-out
November 5, 2019
Tragedy of the women selling sex to feed kids
November 2, 2019
Scottish Government claims thousands falling into poverty as a result of welfare reform
September 14, 2019
Universal Credit sanctions are leaving people ‘destitute’, Inverness CAB warns
August 14, 2019
Elgin councillor argues universal credit is doing what it’s designed to do – as council rent arrears mount
May 29, 2019
Universal Credit having a significant impact on council house tenants in Moray
May 23, 2019
Award-winning Aberdeenshire artist appeals for help to gain British citizenship following death of husband
May 4, 2019