SNP Government providing £10 million for school meals over holidays More than 2000 children across the Stirling Council area will benefit from extra funding to extend free school meals over the Christmas and Easter holidays. Read more
SNP MSP Bruce Crawford has urged constituents who face financial hardship due to being asked to self-isolate to apply for a £500 self-isolation grant offered by the SNP Government. The new Self-Isolation Support Grant will Read more
Over 300 children across Stirling could benefit from the Scottish Government’s ground breaking anti-poverty payment, new figures have revealed. The Scottish Child Payment will be worth £10 per child for low-income families by the end Read more
SNP Government’s ‘Job Start Payment’ now open to applications Local MSP for Stirling, Bruce Crawford, has welcomed a new Scottish benefit introduced today that will help 16 to 24-year olds into work if they have been Read more
Alyn Smith MP and Bruce Crawford MSP have called for a temporary relaxation of the qualifying criteria for Universal Credit, to allow students who are in financial difficulty as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic Read more
SNP MSP Bruce Crawford has welcomed Scottish Government intervention to protect Stirling residents from Tory welfare cuts. New figures show that 1,315 Discretionary Housing Payments (DHP) were made to those on low incomes in Stirling Read more
Stirling SNP MSP and SNP candidate for Stirling Alyn Smith MEP have hit out at Tory welfare reforms following the revelation that almost 12,000 people in the Stirling area have received a Crisis Grant from Read more
An estimated 5,200 children in 3,100 families across Stirling are expected to benefit from the Scottish Government’s ground breaking anti-poverty payment, it has been revealed. The Scottish Child Payment will be worth £10 per Read more
The Scottish Welfare Fund made 2,920 payments to people in Stirling in the last financial year, new figures show. A total of 725 Community Care Grants and 2,195 Crisis Grants were awarded in Stirling Read more
Stirling SNP MSP, Bruce Crawford, has warned the Tory government against increasing the state pension age, which would have dire and disproportionate consequences in Stirling and across Scotland. The Tories’ threat comes following a report Read more