Monthly Archives: April 2015
30,000 Scottish households may receive energy efficiency help
The government is committing as much as £244m to help almost 30,000 families improve the energy efficiency of their homes. The aim is to help those Scottish people so they can save a substantial amount…
About 20% more people using food banks during 2014
There has been an almost 20 per cent increase in the use of foodbanks during 2014. It is hard to determine the exact number of people that have turned to them, but when only looking…
The future of welfare for the disabled may depend on the election
The election in May will have a major impact on the future of the welfare budget. No group of vulnerable people may have more at risk than the disabled. They are threatened with up to…
Number of families on housing benefits in North East area doubles
Due to an unemployment rate of around 8% and increasing rents, the number of housing benefit claims that were filed in the North East has doubled since 2010. Another factor leading to this is the…
Rate of food bank distribution triples in 3 years
Yet another study shows that the demand for assistance from food banks continues to grow at an unprecedented rate. Information from Oxford University shows that the average distribution is now over 2 parcels per 100…
High Court rules additional rent assistance may be available for disabled
The High Court determined that councils can’t include any income that a tenant has from the disability living allowance when calculating any rent help that is provided to them from discretionary housing payments, or DHP….
20 per cent of Scottish residents living in poverty
The latest poverty numbers from the New Policy Institute Show that about 20 per cent of the Scottish population is living in poverty. The data has been broken down the numbers to provide more detail….