Private members' bill bid to ban fracking

​Cash will be used to support older veterans

​Pressure grows on UK government to scrap controversial legislation making women prove they were raped to get child benefits

​Statistics show inequality is rife when it comes to benefit cuts

Leading charity says children are retreating more into themselves because of social pressures

Leading union says UK's army of care workers are under more pressure than ever before

Helpline will reassure victims they are safe to name the perpetrators of abuse

​Scotland's ill fated relationship with the bottle must end say leading health campaigners

Transition from DLA to PIP sees nearly half of disabled people lose their mobility entitlement to a vehicle

​Mick Lightbody is a veteran housing campaigner from Easterhouse, Glasgow. Alongside Bob Holman he managed to turn round the fortunes of the run-down estate