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- in the category: welfare/benefits
Scottish child payment benefit begins
Eligible parents can get £40 every four weeks
Rules for new adult disability payment out for views
Draft regulations published for replacement Scottish benefit
Scots disability benefit could continue pending appeal
People appealing disability benefit reductions can claim short term support
Bill to improve social security system passes stage 3
Unanimous support for "technical but important" changes
Scullion LAW awarded Marie Curie prize
Firm secured more the £230,000 for charity
MSPs consult on benefits role in pandemic recovery
Moves to support Scots through economic downturn
Winter heating benefit brought in for disabled children
Extra £200 for families on top rate of child disability living allowance
Government loses universal credit wages timing appeal
DWP wrong to withhold benefit because of fluctuations in timing
MSPs back benefit nominee system, but want safeguards
Stage 1 report calls for more detail in Social Security Bill
Fraud offence and admin fixes in new Social Security Bill
Government bill makes series of "fixes" to Scottish social security system
Unclaimed benefits should spur Governments to act, MSPs say
Report calls for collaboration to reduce unclaimed billions
Scots funeral support payment to rise in April
Standard rate payment going up from £700 to £1,000