The First Minister said his party needs to “strengthen its electoral position” ahead of four by-elections in Glasgow ...

Paula Beer tells i she is losing sleep worrying about surviving winter without the fuel payment and has bought a hot water ...

However, under Labour's new eligibility criteria, some 10m pensioners will miss out on payments this winter. The Pension Age ...

It’s never too long before Labour’s woes are back in the news. Now suspended MP Mike Amesbury has been summonsed to court to ...

Millions of people will lose access to the payment worth £200 or £300 this year under a shake-up from the Labour Party government.

JOHN Swinney said he was mulling over whether to reverse Winter Fuel Payment cuts after Holyrood received a major funding boost due to last week’s UK Budget. The First Minister said he was ...

TWO councils in Scotland have called on the UK Government to reverse its decision to axe the Winter Fuel Payment for all those not in receipt ...

But the trade union Unite has warned that this cut to winter fuel payments will have a “terrible effect” on millions of ...

Support for longer-term approaches to local welfare provision is gaining momentum as the government renews crisis support until 2026. In the budget, the ...

John Swinney is "actively considering" the reintroduction of universal winter fuel payments in his December Budget.

From winter 2024, only those households in England and Wales receiving Pension Credit  or other means-tested benefits are entitled to the ...