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MP says child poverty report delivers a 'shocking indictment' of modern society
Children in some parts of Scotland are growing up amid Victorian-era levels of poverty, a Fife MP has warned. (...)
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Investigation teams praised for efforts to uncover benefit fraud
Investigators have uncovered benefit fraud totalling more than £250,000 in Dundee in six months. (...)
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Figures show drug and alcohol addictions' heavy toll on benefits bill
Hundreds of people in Tayside and Fife are receiving incapacity benefits because of their drug or alcohol addictions. (...)
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Labour MP fears Scottish housing crisis under new benefit cap rules
Changes to housing benefit payments that come into effect this month could lead to a housing crisis, it has been claimed. (...)
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Citizens Advice Scotland survey shows widespread concern at changes to benefits
Controversial changes to the benefits system are driving thousands of more people to seek help from Citizens Advice Scotland (CAB), it has been revealed. (...)
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Welfare and benefits reforms pressure increases, says agency
Fife's leading advice and rights agency is under ever-increasing pressure because of welfare reforms, its chief executive has revealed. (...)
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Fifteen children by 13 mothers — Dundee man Jamie Cumming dubbed Britain's most shameless father
A Dundee politician has expressed dismay at the revelation that a 34-year-old unemployed city man has become the father of a 15th child with his 13th different partner — with reports of more children on the way. (...)
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Dundee City Council chief tells Holyrood committee of welfare reform concerns
Dundee City Council's chief executive has warned wide-ranging cuts to benefits could cause a ''big increase'' in homelessness. (...)
Monifieth man who claimed almost £20,000 in benefits fraud told he was close to being jailed
A Monifieth man who embezzled almost £20,000 in benefits has narrowly avoided a jail sentence. (...)
Two years' jail for tax office worker who carried out £90,000 fraud
A former tax office employee who invented four children and impersonated a woman to fraudulently claim more than £90,000 in benefits has been sent to prison for two years. (...)
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Uneven distribution of NEETs in Dundee compared to Perth and Kinross
The number of people under the age of 17 in Dundee who are out of education and unemployed is five times higher than that of neighbouring Perth and Kinross, new figures have revealed. (...)
Perth man dragged girlfriend down street after she gambled benefits
An man dragged his partner down the street by her hair after hearing she had gambled away both their weekly benefits. (...)
Partner's taxi licence application revealed woman's £30,000 benefits fraud
A Dundee mother-of-two has admitted benefit fraud totalling more than £30,000. (...)
Former Job Centre Plus worker claimed £23,000 in false benefits
A covert investigation by Fife Council has led to a former Job Centre Plus worker being jailed for four months for benefits fraud. (...)
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Post Office operators could 'walk away'
The people who run post offices could "walk away" from their jobs as government cuts mean they won't earn a liveable wage, it has been claimed. (...)
No prison for benefits fraud
A Perthshire man who admitted fraudulently obtaining more than £16,000 in benefits over the course of almost two years has narrowly avoided a prison sentence. (...)
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Government cash pledge secures immediate future of Macmillan Welfare Rights Service
A cancer charity that helps patients claim over £4 million in benefits is to get funding to stay in business for another year. (...)
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Citizens Advice Scotland report shows a sharp rise in youth unemployment
Youth unemployment in Perth and Kinross and across Scotland has leapt by more than 70% in the past three years, according to new figures released by Citizens Advice Scotland. (...)
Pensioner claimed disability benefits while holding down three jobs
A pensioner claimed almost £4600 in disability benefits while he was working as a car park attendant, litter picker and taxi driver. (...)
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Warning that Welfare Reform Bill will penalise the poor
A massive shake-up of the benefits system will penalise the poor, the Scottish Government and charities have warned — despite the UK Government dropping controversial plans to cut housing benefit for the long-term unemployed. (...)
