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Here's when people in Scotland will get the winter heating payment in 2023 and 2024
winter heating payment
Cost of living crisis

Here's when people in Scotland will get the winter heating payment in 2023 and 2024

Allowing asylum seekers to work will help tackle growing refugee homelessness crisis, says minister
refugee homeless, Emma Roddick
Exclusive

Allowing asylum seekers to work will help tackle growing refugee homelessness crisis, says minister

This Scottish music venue changed a disabled teen's life – but may run out of money in months
woman playing a keyboard and singing, MacArts centre, man in a hat at a microphone
venue watch

This Scottish music venue changed a disabled teen's life – but may run out of money in months

Tributes paid to Perth Big Issue vendor Rab Lakie who died after heart attack: 'One in a million'
Big Issue vendor Rab Lakie
Our Vendors

Tributes paid to Perth Big Issue vendor Rab Lakie who died after heart attack: 'One in a million'

Rosebank: Emergency protests planned after new North Sea oil field given go-ahead
Rosebank
Climate crisis

Rosebank: Emergency protests planned after new North Sea oil field given go-ahead

Safer drug consumption rooms that reduce overdose deaths green-lit by Scotland's top lawyer
Drugs

Safer drug consumption rooms that reduce overdose deaths green-lit by Scotland's top lawyer

'The leadership we need': Humza Yousaf confirms plans for rent controls in Scotland
Humza Yousaf
Rent controls

'The leadership we need': Humza Yousaf confirms plans for rent controls in Scotland

Drug-related deaths in Scotland: Here's what can be done now
Peter Krykant outside his safe consumption van in Glasgow, Scotland. An important part of the fight against drug-related deaths
drug deaths

Drug-related deaths in Scotland: Here's what can be done now

The Black Eden by Richard T Kelly review: A story of Scotland's black gold rush
The Black Eden by Richard T Kelly book cover
Fiction

The Black Eden by Richard T Kelly review: A story of Scotland's black gold rush

What is a universal basic income and why is it being trialled in the UK?
UBI

What is a universal basic income and why is it being trialled in the UK?

Could food banks be relegated to the history books?
trussell trust food banks
Sabine Goodwin

Could food banks be relegated to the history books?

How the Scottish government is hoping to end the need for food banks
food banks/ rising costs
Food banks

How the Scottish government is hoping to end the need for food banks

A utopian vision for sustainable festivals
Howling Fling - sustainable festival
Festival Guide 2023

A utopian vision for sustainable festivals

A working class community's fight to be seen for who they are... through theatre, bingo and a good feed
Other Side of the River
cost of living

A working class community's fight to be seen for who they are... through theatre, bingo and a good feed

Scotland and Northern Ireland hold the cards for the UK's future
Bill Clinton and Gerry Adams shake hands in Belfast, November 1995
Paul McNamee

Scotland and Northern Ireland hold the cards for the UK's future

What's it like living in rural Scotland during the cost of living crisis?
rural communities/ cost of living
Cost of living crisis

What's it like living in rural Scotland during the cost of living crisis?

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Could a rent freeze be on the way?
rent freeze and rent controls to combat rising rents
RENTING

Could a rent freeze be on the way?

Nicola Sturgeon and Jacinda Ardern - what two shock resignations tell us about good leadership
Rainbow Murray

Nicola Sturgeon and Jacinda Ardern - what two shock resignations tell us about good leadership

Nicola Sturgeon’s most memorable moments as she resigns as Scotland’s first minister
Nicola Sturgeon resigns
SCOTLAND

Nicola Sturgeon’s most memorable moments as she resigns as Scotland’s first minister

The Gold star Jack Lowden: Saoirse Ronan does a better Scottish accent than me
Nicola Sturgeon, Saoirse Ronan and The Gold star Jack Lowden at the Scottish premiere of Mary Queen of Scots at Edinburgh castle. Credit: Euan Cherry/WENN
celebrity

The Gold star Jack Lowden: Saoirse Ronan does a better Scottish accent than me

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