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Thousands of Scots were forced to apply for Crisis Grants last year due to delay in receiving their benefits, new figures show. 254,000 individual households have been supported through the Scottish Welfare Fund since it began in April 2013 to end of...

There were over 86,000 vacancies in the NHS between January and March 2017, figures published by NHS Digital have revealed. The Liberal Democrats said the figures show the cap on public sector pay must be lifted to help the NHS recruit the staff it n...

Bank of England officials have warned that a sharp rise in personal loans could pose a threat to the UK economy. Outstanding car loans, credit card balance transfers and personal loans increased by 10% over the past year, meanwhile incomes have only...

Shrinkflation is a term used to describe the business practice of changing the physical weight of a product, while keeping its price constant. The “shrink” part of the term refers to the change in package size, typically a reduction, wher...

BBC wildlife producer and director Fergus Beeley shocked a family on Saturday when he got out of his car and launched an angry tirade against them. Beeley was heard calling the family ‘wankers’ and ‘sluts’ and telling them to...

These were the numbers of people in Zero-hours contracts from October – December 2016.     The SNP has today welcomed new figures showing that Scotland is leading by example in delivering fair work, and has called on Labour to support...

Six million people in their early 40s will have to work a year longer, because of a change in the State Pension Age, the government has announced. The rise in the pension age to 68 will now happen in 2039, rather than in 2046 as was originally propos...

Boots urged to drop huge sexist surcharge on emergency contraception * Boots charges £28.25 for Levonelle emergency contraceptive and £26.75 for its own generic version * Tesco now charges £13.50 for Levonelle, Superdrug £13.4...

Proposed enhanced protections for Ireland’s defined benefit (DB) pension schemes have been removed from a bill put forward to parliament by Ireland’s minister for social protection. Regina Doherty told Ireland’s parliament, the D&aa...

Consumer price inflation slowed to 2.6% in June 2017, but the cost of everyday goods including food and household products all continued to rise, figures published today have revealed. The slight slowdown in inflation was driven largel...