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Department of Work and Pensions
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Number of Scots facing benefit sanctions doubles over three years
The number of people who have had their benefits sanctioned in Scotland has doubled over the last three years.
‘Families are drowning’: urgent calls made for child maintenance payments to be enforced
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.
In pictures: Glasgow’s drugs crisis in the time of coronavirus
Scotland's drug injecting population is facing new concerns during the coronavirus lockdown, with access to methadone and support services slashed.
‘An attack on human rights’: how austerity is eroding the lives of disabled people
The Ferret and HuffPost investigate the impact of government austerity policy on the lives of disabled people in Scotland.
‘Persisting deprivation’: inside Dundee’s drugs crisis
The Ferret and HuffPost investigate how Dundee's drug death crisis is being driven by government austerity policy.
Disabled in Scotland: death by a thousand cuts
The Ferret hears from those affected why the current disability support system is "humiliating" and "not fit for purpose".
Revealed: £56m cuts to disability payments hit Scotland’s poorest hardest
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.
FFS Explains: the changing benefits system in the UK and Scotland
Ferret Fact Service looks at Westminster welfare reforms and changes to Holyrood's benefits system.
Scottish charities used workfare despite denials
Paperwork obtained by The Ferret shows charity that denied supporting controversial 'workfare' scheme did in fact benefit from the programme.
