In 2024/25, 4 million children were living in poverty across the UK. Explore the latest official figures from the DWP’s annual poverty statistics.

Aye Munro investigates why some Scots are convinced Scotland could never survive alone and somehow ends up crossing the Irish Sea with his bus pass.

Sarah Pochin bought Anglesey property two days after writing to minister about impact of second homes on rural communities

A TORY-RUN UK administration would cut the Scottish Government's powers over planning ...

In a letter to the inspectors general of the Justice and Interior departments, Hearns’ lawyers demand answers as to who is responsible for the “gross incompetence, negligence, and misconduct.”

At a time when piping is going from strength to strength with worldwide appeal, this will be a devastating blow to the global pipe band community and its enthusiasts, writes Iona Fyfe

Exclusive: Campaign group’s analysis of North Yorkshire plans finds datacentre would have to burn 4.9m tonnes of wood a year

The Tories have crossed the Rubicon. Since the independence referendum of 2014, which Better Together won on the basis of false promises, not the least of which was the promise that the powers of t…

When a leading human rights organisation like Amnesty International feels compelled to launch a major intervention over the sheer affordability of standard grocery items in the 21st-century UK…

By Mark E. Saunders of “The Scottish Minuteman”  Here we go again! Apparently, the evil nasty Scottish Government Ministers are about to “hammer hard-up Scots” because certain m…

From the Joseph Rowntree Trust in 2025: Projected child poverty rates by January 2029: NationThen-current rate usedProjected by Jan 2029Scotland23.7%21.8%England30.8%31.5%Wales32.3%34.4%Northern Ir…

It has attracted strong praise from respected poverty experts, with some describing it as exceptional even by European standards. These are among the strongest attributable statements: FigureQuote …

The above was in the Daily Record yesterday. Where are UK drug dealers ‘Thickboar’ and ‘Octo-hand’ from? They are cousins from Merseyside, in the Liverpool area in England. …