universal credit
Fears over ‘tsunami’ of poverty set to hit Dundee as coronavirus pushes families into deprivation
December 8 2020
‘Parents at breaking point’: Tough winter ahead as welfare claims up by 50% in Perth
November 19 2020
Tory split? Douglas Ross wants Rishi Sunak to keep Covid uplift
October 30 2020
Fife foodbank fears second Covid-19 wave will plunge families further into food poverty
July 27 2020
Fife MP echoes support for basic income after £1m in Universal Credit loans handed out in his constituency
July 13 2020
‘Not good enough’: Review of ‘devastating’ benefit rules for terminally ill still not complete
July 1 2020
READERS’ LETTERS: Capitalism offers no way out of crisis that may be bigger than Great Depression
June 25 2020
READERS’ LETTERS: Support for Scottish Basic Income pilot ‘a disgrace’
June 22 2020
Ball rolling on Fife trial of three-year Citizens Basic Income scheme to replace benefits system
June 19 2020
‘We need to have courage’: Fife councillors to consider introducing pilot scheme to replace benefits system
June 18 2020
Frontline migrant workers forced to pay NHS charge will be refunded, Prime Minister pledges
June 17 2020
EWAN GURR: ‘Student’s employment struggle highlights challenges that lie ahead’
May 26 2020
Coronavirus contributes to huge increase in unemployment claims across Courier country
May 21 2020
READERS’ LETTERS: Citizen’s income would protect everyone and free people from poverty
May 13 2020
Call for increased hardship funds to help students through the financial challenges of the coronavirus pandemic
April 7 2020
Levenmouth rent arrears soar by £200,000 as a ‘direct result’ of universal credit
February 26 2020
PMQs: Boris Johnson says ‘I hate agreeing with these people’ after SNP question Lords’ pay
February 12 2020
TV PREVIEW: Michael Barrymore absent in documentary on Stuart Lubbock death
February 2 2020
Benefit cuts ‘nightmare’ before Christmas as demand for festive lunches in Angus grows
December 19 2019
‘We need to do something about this’: Fife-band Shambolics staging Christmas gig for struggling Kirkcaldy Foodbank
December 12 2019
Row as Perthshire Tory candidate claims nobody need wait five weeks for first Universal Credit payment
December 5 2019
EWAN GURR: Day Foodbank Mum met Universal Credit director
October 29 2019
Hardship fund for struggling Dundee council tenants to rise by £200K while rents rise by minimum of 3%
October 28 2019
Fife agencies put spotlight on poverty ahead of Challenge Poverty Week
October 7 2019