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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

Jump in Scottish Government crisis grant payments
Ministers claim families suffering from UK benefit cuts

Advice funding for asylum seekers under homelessness threat
Scottish ministers to fund advocacy support efforts

School age payment for low income families opens to applications
New benefit completes Best Start Grant package

Supreme Court upholds benefits cap against lone parent challenge
Government had evaluated impact and had reasonable justification

Three members' bills seek public support
Consultation open on new build missives, wheelchair provision and stalking

Pre-school low income benefit can be applied for from today
£250 early learning payment adds to Best Start package

Scots school age welfare payment to come on stream in June
£250 to help families with costs of child starting school

Social security charter seeks to spell out Scottish practice
Ministers' blueprint laid before MSPs for approval

Lords report questions universal credit migration regulations
Current plans "too vague and aspirational": scrutiny committee

Scottish social security tribunal chamber comes into being
Devolved benefits to come under jurisdiction

Scots young carer grant benefit goes out to views
Ministers consult on policy and draft regulations

Bar to unmarried claiming widowed parent allowance breaches ECHR
Supreme Court allows mother's appeal in Northern Irish case

Benefit offences Scottish investigations draft rules released
Ministers consult on how to ensure proportionality, and respect

Bus pass scheme to remain for all over 60s, ministers decide
Companions of disabled under fives also to benefit