Outrage as Tory minister tells Scots to wait weeks for cost-of-living help

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has backed a new multi-million pound fund to help over 750 West Lothian families during the cost of living crisis - despite facing criticism for scrapping free school meals for all P6 and P7 pupils this summer.

A Perth charity - forced to cancel a fundraising ball over fears supporters couldn’t afford the £60 tickets - has turned its focus to helping local people through the cost-of-living crisis.

A sex plot blackmailer who was caught when he left his DNA on a handwritten ransom note has dodged a prison sentence.

ITV Lorraine viewers were critical over a segment that discussed million-pound mansions after the cost of living crisis on Tuesday's programme (August 23). The show kicked off with a chat with self-development coach Roxie Nafousi, who penned the best-selling book Manifest.

A Conservative councillor in Falkirk says he is now backing Liz Truss to become the next Prime Minister because of her determination to "hold the Scottish Government to account".

Tory party members have been greeted with boos from independence supporters as they arrived for a leadership hustings in Perth tonight.

Cost of living payments are going to provide a much-needed boost to millions of household budgets across the UK over the next few months. More than 7.2 million people have already received the first instalment of the £650 means-tested cost of living payment from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) with the second payment for £324 due to land in accounts this autumn.

Households all across the UK are bracing for their energy bills to skyrocket in October among predictions that they could reach as high as £5,300.

Make no mistake, the cost of living crisis is a national emergency on the scale of the pandemic. People are facing the worst fall in living standards since the war. Millions of people are already struggling and it’s going to get worse as summer turns to winter.

Labour is set to call for the energy price cap to be frozen at its current level of £1,971 as UK households struggle to pay their bills.

The son of a Tory donor who hosted Boris Johnson’s wedding party was handed an £11.2million UK Government grant to build hydrogen buses. Jo Bamford’s Wrightbus was given the cash to pioneer the “green” fuel cell vehicles in March 2021.

The government has announced a wave of support packages to help households cope with the rising cost of living crisis.

Iceland has announced that pensioners all across the country will be able to get a £30 voucher towards their groceries amidst soaring food costs.

With children heading back to school next month, retailers have been releasing their school uniform ranges ahead of the academic year. And the latest store to reveal their collection while keeping costs low for parents is Poundland.

A mum who had to sell her daughter's bike just to pay the bills. A dad who fears he won't able to afford to see his family this Christmas. And the school cook so terrified of her next energy bill she no longer uses her oven.

Millions across the UK should have received the first half of the Cost of Living payment by the end of July.

Scots band The Ronains received a death threat from Russia after their new single artwork for Lunatics featured an image of Vladimir Putin.