Senior councillors in Wakefield have approved plans to spare terminally ill residents from having to pay council tax.

A mum whose home flooded during works carried out by a now-folded company says she is trying to "rebuild" her life.

Scotland has set out how it's going to spend its money in the most recent budget but how will it affect children in the ...

The Crisis and Resilience Fund has been made available to local authorities in England to support low-income households.

Alongside provision to bolster local support services, two new payments will be introduced under the fund: the crisis payment and the housing payment. These both serve different purposes, and will ...

Adonay Mancia Rodríguez into custody on Sunday when he left his home to retrieve the food he ordered from a nearby restaurant ...

Scotland’s Finance Secretary, Shona Robison said her budget was about hope and delivery. Kevin McKenna begs to differ.

The Scottish First Minister has hailed his Government’s tax and spending plans for 2026-27, which were unveiled at Holyrood ...

The government has rowed back on its flagship policy of mandatory digital ID, marking the latest in a series of major policy ...

Around 1.9 million old people on the Department for Work and Pensions ( DWP ) state pension are already living in poverty, ...

Around one in seven (15%) will have baths or showers less often this winter to get by financially. One in 20 (5%) said they ...