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Statistics showing record use of foodbanks in Scotland are a “damning indictment” of the failures of the UK Government which should leave the Tories “deeply ashamed”, SNP Social Justice Secretary Alex Neil said today.  &n...

LONDON — For those tramping round to job interviews in the capital Phil Sayer, a voice actor whose admonition to “please mind the gap” has been heard by millions of passengers on the London Underground since 2005, died on Thursday a...

Scotland should have the right to hold a new referendum on independence if the country is taken out of the European Union "against our will", the leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) said on Sunday. Facing a British referendum on whether to st...

The SNP will put universalism at the heart of plans to support all children in achieving their potential with a package of proposals for new borns and their parents including a ‘baby box’ for every new born child in Scotland.   The b...

The ABC is continuing its series of Q&A’s and this time it is with leading Scottish civil-rights campaigner Dr. Anthony Cox. Tony’s story mirrors our own experiences and recently in a letter to the Prime Ministers offices we pointed o...

Work and Pensions Committee Wednesday 13 April 2016 Meeting started at 9.32am, ended 11.58am UK savings are at an all-time rate at just 4% according to the OECD and set to fall. This compares with 14.5% in France and 9% in Germany. Consumer Debt...

SNP sheds light on uk government priorities. Scottish National Party Westminster Leader Angus Robertson MP has called out the UK government on their priorities as it is revealed over 3 000 members of staff in the Department for Work and Pensions were...

Earnings growth likely to have slowed in recent months Commenting on the latest ONS inflation figures, which show that CPI inflation increased to 0.5 per cent in March, Adam Corlett, Economic Analyst at the Resolution Foundation said: “While in...

As reported in today’s Sunday Post, an SNP Government will protect the Winter Fuel Payment and adapt payments to suit Scottish circumstances Nicola Sturgoen has said.   An SNP Government will also extend Winter Fuel Payments to the familie...

UK: Cameron and Corbyn release tax returns. They are the first U.K. political leaders to agree to do so. Cameron was first to file them online, showing around €250,000 income in each of the last two tax years, almost all of that coming his prime...