Tag: poverty

Calls for £10 an hour minimum wage from Scottish Greens

Politics

Deadline News Journalist - March 17, 2015

ALL those working or in training should be paid £10 an hour - according to the Scottish Greens. This week they will lead a Holyrood...

Potter author ‘gets’ the poor

Scottish News

Guest - September 23, 2012

JK ROWLING has hit out a politicians for not understanding levels of poverty. The Harry Potter author, who is worth £560 million, said that even...

Pensioners consider using crime to get ‘an easy life’

Court & Crime

Christine Lavelle - February 27, 2011

INCREASING numbers of elderly Scots being charged with criminal offences has been blamed on high poverty levels. The pensioner ‘crime wave’ was revealed in figures...

Irvine Welsh hosts special screening for charity

Deadline News Journalist - August 31, 2010

By Amanda MacMillan BEST-selling author Irvine Welsh is hosting a special screening of his famous first novel to help raise funds for a Scottish charity...

Shackled doctors demand release of imprisoned Indian GP

Deadline News Journalist - May 15, 2009

By Scott Shepherd A GROUP of campaigners chained themselves together yesterday to campaign for the release of a top doctor jailed for speaking out about...