CAPITALISM IS HELL The number of people using food banks in Scotland has risen by two-thirds. A total of 117, 689 people - including...

Some 24,000 families across Scotland are facing "severe disadvantage", according to research . Glasgow was the worst affected are...

Scots are suffering more mental health problems because of the economic downturn, according to the largest ever study on the subject. Livi...

In an article ex-Labour MP , John McAllion , describes his home-town of Dundee that provides some interesting statistics. In the 19th centu...

Claire Telfer, of Save the Children said :- "Another winter is fast approaching and far too many children are living in cold, damp hom...

A "cluster" of suicides among young adults has been identified in one of the most deprived parts of Scotland.They said the cluster...

More on Government poverty figures , further to our previous blog on poverty . Almost one million people in Scotland are living in relativ...