THE Scottish government must invest more in social security to meet its target of slashing child poverty by the end of the ...

SCOTTISH Government policies will “keep child poverty levels well below the rest of the UK”, an analysis has found.

More than 210,000 children in Scotland will be trapped in poverty by 2030 without urgent investment from the Scottish ...

Holyrood ministers have been urged to increase spending on benefits, despite the bill set to soar to almost £8bn by 2030.

MORE than 210,000 Scots kids will be trapped in poverty by the end of the decade, a think-tank has warned. The total is twice the legal target for 2030 that senior Nats set — then pledged to meet.

Talks on the second phase of a ceasefire collapsed after Israel backed out, saying Hamas rejected proposals to release more hostages ahead of talks.

Craig Smith, now aged 43, preyed on the young girls at a high school in South Lanarkshire between 2015 and 2016.

Construction work on an extension and modernisation of the Macduff Marine Aquarium is about to get underway. Appointed contractor Ogilvie Construction has already begun pre-construction activities ...

Former Labour MSP Neil Findlay has resigned from the party after 35 years, accusing Sir Keir Starmer’s government of betraying its principles ...

UK Government ministers have been accused of showing a “disrespect” for devolution over the cuts to benefits announced on ...

SCOTS taxpayers could face hundreds of millions of fresh cuts to frontline services if Nats ministers refuse to follow the ...