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Society

‘Families are drowning’: urgent calls made for child maintenance payments to be enforced

Karin Goodwin on June 19, 2020June 21, 2020

The UK government must step in to prevent single parent families “drowning in poverty” because their child maintenance payments have stopped in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, it has been claimed.

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Society, Health, Housing and homelessness

In pictures: Glasgow’s drugs crisis in the time of coronavirus

Francesc Galban on May 21, 2020May 24, 2020

Scotland's drug injecting population is facing new concerns during the coronavirus lockdown, with access to methadone and support services slashed.

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Human rights, Society

‘An attack on human rights’: how austerity is eroding the lives of disabled people

Karin Goodwin on November 27, 2019November 28, 2019

The Ferret and HuffPost investigate the impact of government austerity policy on the lives of disabled people in Scotland.

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Health, Society

‘Persisting deprivation’: inside Dundee’s drugs crisis

Billy Briggs on November 26, 2019November 28, 2019

The Ferret and HuffPost investigate how Dundee's drug death crisis is being driven by government austerity policy.

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Health, Human rights

Disabled in Scotland: death by a thousand cuts

Rachel Hamada on June 21, 2018April 6, 2019

The Ferret hears from those affected why the current disability support system is "humiliating" and "not fit for purpose".

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Finance, Health, Politics

Revealed: £56m cuts to disability payments hit Scotland’s poorest hardest

Billy Briggs, Ally Tibbitt on June 5, 2018August 19, 2019

Many of Scotland's poorest communities have been hit hardest by cuts to disability benefits with over £56 million lost in annual payments, The Ferret can reveal.

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Fact check, Politics

FFS Explains: the changing benefits system in the UK and Scotland

Ferret Journalists on June 5, 2018April 6, 2019

Ferret Fact Service looks at Westminster welfare reforms and changes to Holyrood's benefits system.

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Employment

Scottish charities used workfare despite denials

Peter Geoghegan on August 3, 2016August 10, 2016

Paperwork obtained by The Ferret shows charity that denied supporting controversial 'workfare' scheme did in fact benefit from the programme.

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Department of Work and Pensions

Society

‘Families are drowning’: urgent calls made for child maintenance payments to be enforced

Society, Health, Housing and homelessness

In pictures: Glasgow’s drugs crisis in the time of coronavirus

Health, Society

‘Persisting deprivation’: inside Dundee’s drugs crisis

Health, Human rights

Disabled in Scotland: death by a thousand cuts

Finance, Health, Politics

Revealed: £56m cuts to disability payments hit Scotland’s poorest hardest

Employment

Scottish charities used workfare despite denials

Scots landlords served hundreds of eviction notices during lockdown

FFS explains: How were Scottish pupils’ final grades decided?

Police probing two bird of prey incidents on sporting estate

No Black senior executives in Scottish listed companies