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Debt advisers struggling to cope with demand due to cost of living, MSPs told

Debt advisers are at risk of burnout as an overwhelming number of people seek help to pay rent and feed their families, MSPs have been told. The Social Justice and Social Security Committee heard pleas from advisers across Scotland for more support ...

28 Apr 2022 at 13:25

Scotland

Questions must be teased out over drug consumption rooms, says UK minister

Questions need to be “teased out” for drug consumption rooms to be opened in Scotland, a UK Government minister has said. Policing minister Kit Malthouse was appearing in front of a special joint committee on drug deaths on Tuesday, where he urged ...

01 Feb 2022 at 18:55

Scotland

Debt crisis arising as households navigate cost-of-living crisis – report

A growing debt crisis is arising as sharp rises in energy and food bills are causing a significant fall in real incomes for Scottish households, a new report has warned. The publication, from Holyrood’s Social Justice and Social Security ...

02 Jul 2022 at 01:01

Scotland

Government ‘abandoning’ unpaid carers, says Scottish Labour

The increase in the six-monthly allowances paid to unwaged carers will not be permanent, Labour has claimed. From December the six-monthly allowances doubled, from £231.40 to £462.80. MSPs unanimously backed the Carer’s Allowance ...

05 Jan 2022 at 01:25

Scotland

Social care in crisis now, MSPs warned

Social care in Scotland is in crisis now and there is no reason why changes cannot be made ahead of the formation of a national care service, a union organiser has said. The Scottish Government has tabled a Bill at Holyrood to ...

10 Nov 2022 at 17:17

Scotland

Devolved benefits must keep pace with inflation, say MSPs

A Holyrood committee has called on the Scottish Government to increase benefits in line with inflation in a report. The Social Justice and Social Security Committee published its pre-budget report on Tuesday, against a ...

08 Nov 2022 at 01:01

Scotland

New legislation aims to ‘strengthen and modernise’ charity laws, says minister

Scottish Government reforms to charity laws will help keep trust in the sector high, Social Justice Secretary Shona Robison has said. Ministers are seeking to “strengthen, modernise and improve charity regulation” by ...

16 Mar 2023 at 00:01

Scotland

Commissioners and chair quit Scottish Government’s poverty advisory body

Three commissioners and the chair of a Scottish Government poverty body have quit. The Poverty and Inequality Commission was established by the Child Poverty (Scotland) Act 2017 to advise the Government on measures ...

05 Sept 2023 at 12:20

Scotland

Holyrood committee to investigate financial side of domestic abuse

A Holyrood committee has launched an inquiry into the financial implications of leaving an abusive relationship. The Social Justice and Social Security Committee has issued a call for views on the issue, with a ...

13 Dec 2024 at 00:01

Scotland

MSPs call for views on new legislation for Scotland’s public services

A Holyrood committee is seeking views on proposed new laws which could have a “significant impact” on Scotland’s public sector. Labour MSP Sarah Boyack has put forward a member’s Bill, which if passed, would ...

24 Jun 2025 at 00:01

Scotland

Housing crisis leaving some Scots with suicidal thoughts, MSPs warned

Scotland’s housing crisis is leaving some people struggling with suicidal thoughts, a Holyrood committee has heard. Susie Fitton from the Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) said those ...

12 Jun 2025 at 12:13

Scotland

Child poverty targets have focused minds but more action needed – committee

The Scottish Government’s child poverty targets have “focused minds”, a Holyrood committee has said, but more action is needed to meet them. The Child Poverty (Scotland) Act was passed in 2017 and ...

31 Jan 2025 at 22:16

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