From November 2020, low-income families with a child under six will be able to apply for £10 per child, per week to assist with living costs, with payments to start from the end of February. Despite the significant impact of COVID-19 and the challenges of lockdown, the introduction of the Scottish Child Payment has only been […]
An independent review is to consider the idea of a national care service In a Programme for Government commitment announced by the First Minister, an independent review is to consider the idea of a national care service in Scotland and will aim to ensure consistently excellent support for people who use these services, as well […]
Following the First Minister’s Programme for Government announcement that a £60million Youth Guarantee will be put in place to give everyone aged 16-24, a job, a place in education or a place in training; Economy Secretary Fiona Hyslop has set out more details of how Scotland’s Youth Guarantee will give young people the chance to […]
The number of households in Renfrewshire hit by the Tory government’s ‘harmful’ benefit cap has soared by 100% since the Covid-19 pandemic started. New statistics show that as of May this year, a total of 6,034 households in Scotland were hit by the benefit cap – an increase of almost 76 per cent. In Renfrewshire […]
Paisley’s MSP has called on Boris Johnson to apologise during his flying visit to Scotland, after a new report found that people in Renfrewshire have already been left £309.44 million worse off as a result of Brexit. The new analysis, published from experts at Warwick University, found that nationally Scotland is now £3.9 billion worse […]
The SNP has renewed calls for the Tory government to deliver a meaningful fiscal stimulus package – after new analysis from the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) confirmed up to £10billion of the measures in the summer statement will be funded through reallocations of previously announced spending. The analysis published by IFS concludes the so-called […]
As Scotland continues to make swift progress in combatting the COVID-19 pandemic, subject to the continued suppression of the virus and to surveillance and mitigations being in place, schools will re-open from the 11th August. In Scotland, as of the 12th July 2020, 151 (0.8%) of a total 18,365 positive cases were among people aged […]
On Thursday 9th July, First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, announced Scotland’s transition into Phase 3 and outlined the further easing of restrictions coming into effect on the 10th of July and throughout the month. Since publishing the Route Map in May, the Scottish Government have continually reviewed and assessed the scientific and medical data so as […]
On Thursday 2nd July, the First Minister detailed plans to relax certain restrictions as we enter the second stage of Phase 2 and prepare to transition into Phase 3 over the coming weeks. These increased freedoms are dependent on the ‘R’ number – the rate of infection spread within the community – remaining low. As […]
Children in Paisley eligible for free school meals will be among those who continue to be supported over the summer through a package of £27.6 million of additional funding from the Scottish Government. Renfrewshire Council will receive £441,000 funding from the SNP government to support the continued provision of free school meals during the summer holiday period, and […]