Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Start reading

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

Start reading

The Latest Breaking News from Social Security Scotland

New £50 heating payment set to be made to around 400,000 people before end of this month

Around 400,000 people on low incomes will be paid over £20m through a new Scottish Government benefit in March.

Daily Record

Parents on certain benefits may also be able to claim new £100 monthly devolved child payment

Some 184,000 children and young people were receiving £25 per week by the end of December.

Daily Record

New update for people on PIP due to move to devolved disability payment this year

Social Security Scotland has issued important advice for existing claimants on PIP or DLA due to transfer from DWP.

Daily Record

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Glaswegians urged to claim heating support payments amid ongoing cost of living crisis - how to claim

People living in Glasgow can still claim help for their heating bills. However, there are certain criteria you will have to meet. Here's what help is available and everything you need to know.

Glasgow Live

New £50 winter heating payments start landing in bank accounts this week

Around 400,000 Scottish households will automatically receive the annual lump sum which replaces Cold Weather Payments.

Daily Record

Renfrewshire parents urged to check benefit eligibility as thousands miss out

The Best Start Food programme gives new parents up to £36 for each child every four weeks.

Daily Record

New Adult Disability Payment online sample form could help people claim up to £156 each week

A successful claim for the devolved disability benefit could help with daily living and mobility costs.

Daily Record

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

People on new disability payment may be eligible for huge range of benefit top-ups and discounts

The devolved benefit is expected to replace PIP for all claimants living in Scotland by the end of 2025.

Daily Record

Scottish mum with Multiple Sclerosis slams 'barbaric and discriminatory' benefits rules

The Scottish Government are proposing a new rule which disqualifies anyone who can walk further than 20m from the higher rate of mobility benefits but people living with MS have slammed the rule.

Edinburgh Live

Scots mum with Multiple Sclerosis blasts 'barbaric and discriminatory' ScotGov benefits rules

Amy Newton is backing the MS Society Scotland’s call for the scrapping of the 20-metre rule.

Daily Record

New disability benefit can be paid to some people at a daily rate instead of every month

The daily rate of Adult Disability Payment is the equivalent to one-seventh of the weekly rate.

Daily Record

Parents urged to claim new child payment worth up to £627 each month to help cover extra costs

The devolved benefit is now supporting more than 54,700 children and young people across Scotland.

Daily Record

More than £130 million paid out to families through Child Disability Payment

THE Scottish Government’s Child Disability Payment (CDP) has paid out more than £130 million, it has been revealed.

The National (Scotland)

New payment set to replace Attendance Allowance next year involves no face-to-face assessments

Pension Age Disability Payment will provide financial support for over 123,700 older people living in Scotland.

Daily Record

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Daily Record

New update for people due £50 Winter Heating Payment from this month

More than 415,000 households across Scotland will receive the one-off payment over February and March.

Daily Record

New benefits for people of State Pension age and unpaid carers to launch over next two years

Timetable announced for Carer Support Payment, Pension Age Disability Payment and Pension Age Winter Heating Assistance.

Daily Record

15 ways to increase your annual income by up to £3,500 before summer

Quickly check online if you qualify for benefits, a Council Tax Reduction or a TV licence discount.

Daily Record

Full list of benefits and payments only available to people living in Scotland this year

Check you are claiming all the financial support you are entitled to in 2023.

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

The National (Scotland)

Delay to benefits powers handover as DWP retain control of disability payments

PLANS to transfer control of some types of benefits to the Scottish Government will be delayed for another three years, it has emerged.

Daily Record

People with long-term health issues could be due up to £627 each month through new payment

Successful claimants will receive between £24.45 and £156.90 each week in financial support.

Daily Record

New disability payment video calls can last more than three hours

The first payment including any arrears is issued following a successful decision within five working days.

Daily Record

Nicola Sturgeon quizzed over delay to £50 Winter Heating Payment for Scots

The Government has been criticised after it appeared some payments will be made in March

Daily Record

Winter heating payment facing delay after Scots benefits agency admits it may be next month

Some households could be waiting until March before the Winter Heating Payment is finally delivered.

Daily Record

Low-income families encouraged to apply for £267 one-off child payment before end of this month

Applications for the Best Start School Age Payment grant close on February 28, 2023..

Glasgow Live

Glasgow changes and dates to remember in February from winter heating payments to strikes

There are a number of dates next month that many of us will want to note down in our calendars from a new payment to help with the cost of living crisis to strikes. Here is what you need to know.

1 … 4 5 6 7

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Department for Work and Pensions

352 stories

Social Security Scotland

Scottish Child Payment

62 stories

Adult Disability Payment

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.