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Welfare system overhaul does not amount to cuts, insists Scottish Labour leader

Anas Sarwar said the UK Government proposals will still see welfare spending increase.

Evening Standard

Labour's benefits cuts risk disabled people turning to food banks, charity warns

Labour's "cruel" benefits cuts risk disabled people being forced to turn to food banks, an anti-poverty charity has warned ...

The National (Scotland)

Labour are a 'disgrace' for making 'unfathomable' decisions, says John Swinney

The Labour Party has been branded a “disgrace” and accused of making “disastrous” decisions, by John Swinney following the UK Government…

The National (Scotland)

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Swinney: Sarwar’s words count for nothing amid ‘return to austerity’ with cuts

Scotland’s First Minister said Labour is ‘punishing the most vulnerable in our society’.

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Realistic to expect billions of investment in Grangemouth future, says Swinney

The First Minister said he is ‘confident’ public and private money can create new jobs.

Evening Standard

Anas Sarwar silent as Labour MSPs speak out against UK disability cuts

PRESSURE is piling on Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar as his MSPs call out the UK Government's cuts to PIP and Universal Credit ...

The National (Scotland)

Deacon Blue call for artists to 'wake up' to potential threat of AI in music

Deacon Blue's Ricky Ross and Lorraine McIntosh have voiced their concerns about the UK Government's planned changes to AI copyright laws.

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Low-carbon future for Grangemouth requires £3.5bn investment, report says

The £1.5 million Project Willow study sets out nine options for the industrial cluster.

Evening Standard

Labour MP confronted after slating Scotland's 'living standards' amid DWP cuts

A SCOTTISH Labour MP has been branded "the invisible man" after he launched an attack on the SNP's record on living standards

The National (Scotland)

Former Labour MSP quits party after 35 years with furious attack on Keir Starmer

A FORMER Scottish Labour MSP has resigned from the party after 35 years following the UK Government’s swingeing cuts to disability benefits ...

The National (Scotland)

Fears Labour's disability benefits cut to be 'really quite severe' for Scotland

The UK Government has come under fire for changes to the welfare system with Scotland’s Social Justice Secretary warning of the “devastating…

The National (Scotland)

Welfare reforms will be ‘devastating’ for disabled, Shirley-Anne Somerville says

The Scottish Social Justice Secretary spoke out after the UK Government set out a series of reforms to the welfare system.

Evening Standard

Civilian deaths from strikes on Gaza ‘appalling’, says Foreign Office minister

Lord Collins of Highbury said the UK Government is focused on trying to return to the ceasefire agreement.

Evening Standard

'Time to deliver': Labour set deadline for crucial Scottish carbon capture decision

The UK Government has been urged to announce funding for the Acorn project in the upcoming Spring Statement ...

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Labour panned for 'hiding' impact assessment of benefit cuts

LABOUR have been criticised for failing to publish an impact assessment of sweeping cuts to disability benefits.

The National (Scotland)

People urged to 'flood' UK Government's consultation on benefits cuts

Campaigners have urged people to "flood" the UK Government's consultation on disability benefits cuts with responses ...

The National (Scotland)

'Not what people voted for': Disability charities furious at Labour benefit cuts

Charities and disability support organisations have accused Labour of dishing out “brutal and reckless” cuts to welfare which should “shame…

The National (Scotland)

The main points from Liz Kendall's DWP overhaul, at a glance

The Labour Government is set to overhaul the welfare system, but has been accused of pushing more people into poverty.

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'Act of cruelty': Labour slated for brutal benefit cuts that will 'cost lives'

LABOUR have been slated for introducing devastating cuts to welfare, with a former leader accusing them of an "act of cruelty" that will…

The National (Scotland)

Sweeping UK benefit cuts 'do not equal austerity', Anas Sarwar insists

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar has hit back at claims that UK Government welfare changes will amount to austerity.

The National (Scotland)

'Hypocrisy': Anas Sarwar urged to confront UK Government over free school meal cuts

Anas Sarwar has been urged to confront the UK Government over planned benefits cuts as one million children could lose free school meals ...

The National (Scotland)

How do DWP changes to PIP and Universal Credit impact Scotland?

THE UK Government is reportedly set to introduce a sweeping range of social security reforms in a bid to slash £6 billion off the benefits bill ...

The National (Scotland)

Scotland's offshore wind developers rally against 'dangerous' zonal pricing

A COALITION of offshore wind developers in Scotland has urged the UK Government to rule out introducing zonal pricing ...

The National (Scotland)

Labour should raise taxes before cutting disability benefits, John Swinney says

FIRST Minister John Swinney called for the UK Labour Government to look at tax reform before “balancing the books on the backs of the poor” with…

The National (Scotland)

BBC calls out Scottish Labour MPs for dodging questions on disability cuts

THE BBC has called out the five Scottish Labour MPs who support the UK Government’s plans to slash disability benefits for declining to answer…

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