Housing Benefit

Saturday 18 May 2013

GLASGOW has seen a soaring number of people claiming extra handouts from the council to help cover their rent following the introduction of the controversial bedroom tax, figures reveal.

Glasgow tops council list of housing claimants after bedroom tax

Friday 17 May 2013

The number of people claiming extra handouts from councils to meet housing costs has soared following the introduction of the so-called "bedroom tax", figures have revealed.

Let us build to cut benefit costs

Thursday 16 May 2013

ANDREW McKie points to the rise in housing benefit costs since the 1980s without once mentioning the main cause of this rise, the sale of council houses without building or buying replacements ("Difficult choices to be made helping those most in need", The Herald , May 13).

Difficult choices to be made helping those most in need

Monday 13 May 2013

No-one will dispute that the case of Stephanie Bottrill, a grandmother from Solihull who killed herself by walking in front of a lorry after her housing benefit was cut, is a tremendously sad story.

INSIDE TRACK: Scots facing a digital deficit with Universal Credit

Tuesday 30 April 2013

THe new Universal Credit is being piloted this week and for once the guinea pigs are not in Scotland.