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Debts will become more expensive and more difficult to service for consumers and families across the UK over the next five years, according to official forecasts put together by the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR).

The Scottish government is set to open up applications for grants worth £250 to parents whose children are about to start school.

The government is considering taking steps to prevent people across the UK from using their credit cards to gamble.

Scots are expected to be declared insolvent at a rate of around 230 per week over the course of the coming year.

The past five years have seen a “relentless” rise in the number of British parents being pushed into poverty despite being in employment.

That’s according to a new report published by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF), which has highlighted the growing prevalence of in-work poverty among families across the country.

Living outside and commuting in and out of Glasgow or Edinburgh could save Scots many thousands of pounds in house price costs over the course of their working lives.

It’s been revealed that the government will pay out an average of £5,000 to claimants of disability benefits who had previously gone underpaid as a result of administrative errors within the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).

Incoming laws are set to give people with problem debts across the UK a six-week ‘breathing space’ period during which they cannot legally be pursued by their creditors.

Pensioners in Scotland are more likely to be living in poverty than their counterparts across the rest of the UK, according to a new set of figures.

A leading debt help charity has welcomed the launch of a government scheme designed to encourage people on low incomes to set money aside on a regular basis and protect themselves against serious financial difficulty.

New parents living on low incomes across Scotland can expect to see a boost to the scale of financial support they receive via state benefits in the coming years.

North Ayrshire’s local authorities are taking a pioneering stance on period poverty by offering free sanitary products in public buildings across the district.