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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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Selling agent puts January closing date on former Pullars building in Perth
A mid-January closing date for offers has been placed on a prime town centre site being sold by Perth and Kinross Council. (...)
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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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Report warns thousands face seeing benefits stopped
As many as 9,000 people in Tayside and Fife will be stripped of benefits entirely because of government reforms, a new report claims. (...)
Inspiration for The View's song Grace jailed for benefit fraud
A wheelchair-bound woman who inspired Dundee band The View's song Grace has been jailed for benefit fraud. (...)
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Fife MSP hosting Holyrood summit to discuss Remploy's future
Top-level crisis talks are to be held on the future of a troubled disabled workers' organisation. (...)
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'A horrible time for people' as Remploy drive launched
A campaign has been launched in Fife to prevent the closure of Remploy factories for disabled workers. (...)
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Council seeks buyers for historic Pullars building
Plans to transform the centre of Perth could take another step forward after the council agreed to place the former Pullars building on Mill Street on the open market. (...)
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Gellatly Street job centre marked for closure
The Department of Work and Pensions has confirmed it is to close the job centre in Gellatly Street in Dundee as part of its cost-cutting efforts. (...)
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FMS Construction falls into administration and Arbroath benefit centre is marked for closure on dark day for Angus
Angus has suffered a crushing double economic blow in the public and private sectors which could have an impact stretching to almost 100 local jobs. (...)
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Union protests sacking of officials
The Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) has claimed two members of staff at the Department for Work and Pensions in Dundee have been sacked for trade union activities. (...)
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'Aggressive' banks and benefits shake-up causing despair across the country
Banks and the Department of Work and Pensions are driving those with debt into despair, a new survey of Scotland's Citizens Advice Bureaux has found. (...)
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Dead man's son furious at fit-to-work status
Questions have been asked about how benefits assessments are conducted after a chronic alcoholic was told just two days before his death that he was fit to work. (...)
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Iain Duncan Smith accused of 'running scared' on welfare questions
Work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith has again been accused of running scared from a public debate in Dundee over his plans to reform the welfare system. (...)
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Facebook shock for benefits fraudsters
Councils in Tayside and Fife are using social networking sites like Facebook to crack down on benefit cheats. (...)
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Penalties for benefit fraud to get harsher
Benefit cheats in Scotland could feel the full force of the law, following a recent appeal court judgment. (...)
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Cancer patient faces tests on fitness to work
As Citizens Advice Scotland disclosed 70% of its appeals against "fit to work" judgments are successful, Stefan Morkis talked to one man who must constantly prove he is too unwell to work. (...)
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Epileptic woman condemns back to work decision
A West Fife woman who has epilepsy has vowed to fight on against a government department, despite losing an appeal she feels has forced her back to work. (...)
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Perth man jailed for £17,000 benefits fraud
A Perth man who obtained a five-figure sum by illegally collecting benefits for 10 years has been jailed for four months. (...)
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Linlathen bypass patient criticises back-to-work assessment
A man who underwent an artery bypass operation last month said he received a letter within three days of getting home from hospital asking him to attend a work capability assessment. (...)
