In Scotland, 87 of the 90 LHA rates are expected to fall below this level, with estimates suggesting around 45,000 households, including approximately 31,000 children, could be impacted. Clare Adamson, MSP for Motherwell and Wishaw(Image: Clare Adamson MSP) A Lanarkshire MSP has challenged the Labour UK Government to take urgent action on child poverty, warning…
Jagtar Singh Johal has been arbitrarily held in prison in India for the last eight years and has recently been moved to the notorious Tihar facility near Delhi. Jagtar Singh Johal on his wedding day to Gurpreet Kaur in 2017(Image: Repreive) A group of MPs have called on the UK Government to take more decisive…
General Secretary of the Scottish Police Federation branded the figures “disturbing”. (Image: PA) More than 1000 of Scotland’s frontline cops are on sick leave – three times the UK absence rate. The latest figures show that 1030 officers are currently off ill – 6.3 percent of the police workforce across 19 different departments. In Contact…
Jubilant Labour supporters celebrate a by-election win outside a Scottish town hall, waving flags and raising a champagne bottle. Labour scored a surprise win in a Scottish Parliament by-election on Friday, giving UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and his government a rare moment of celebration. Labour won with 8,559 votes, overturning the comfortable majority of…