£5 BILLION: True cost of SNP's 'freebies' revealed as campaigners issue warning over giveaways

Daily Mail - Sep 21, 2026

Free universal benefits and services operated by the SNP are now costing more than £5billion a year but there is no clear evidence they are better at tackling poverty than targeted measures.

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£5 BILLION: True cost of SNP's 'freebies' revealed as campaigners issue warning over giveaways

Sep 21, 2026

£5 BILLION: True cost of SNP's 'freebies' revealed as campaigners issue warning over giveaways

Free universal benefits and services operated by the SNP are now costing more than £5billion a year but there is no clear evidence they are better at tackling poverty than targeted measures.

Lindsay Clancy's lawyer asks judge to probe phone data of holdout juror who refused to acquit killer mother of murdering her three children

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Lindsay Clancy's lawyer asks judge to probe phone data of holdout juror who refused to acquit killer mother of murdering her three children

The sole holdout juror, Michael P. Desronvil , 48, sided with prosecutors and said that he had no doubts about Clancy's guilt, in opposition to the verdict reached by the other 11 jurors.

Hit-and-run driver who killed grandad was 'full of it on drink and drugs'

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Hit-and-run driver who killed grandad was 'full of it on drink and drugs'

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Hotel which starred in sinister folk horror cult classic up for grabs at auction

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Hotel which starred in sinister folk horror cult classic up for grabs at auction

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Marks and Spencer's stretchy £28 trousers in five colours are 'so comfortable' for autumn

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Marks and Spencer's stretchy £28 trousers in five colours are 'so comfortable' for autumn

"They’re so soft, a bit stretchy and very comfortable."

Fugitive found hiding in a police officer's house after a high-speed chase is jailed

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Fugitive found hiding in a police officer's house after a high-speed chase is jailed

A fugitive who hid in a policeman's house after escaping officers during a high-speed car chase has been jailed for 27 months.

The face of a man who attempted to rape a 12-year-old at a funeral wake

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Nadiya Hussain shares video accusing Ed Sheeran of shedding 'white tears' after he broke down on stage saying his family had 'abandoned him' while addressing Israel-Palestine row

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Nadiya Hussain shares video accusing Ed Sheeran of shedding 'white tears' after he broke down on stage saying his family had 'abandoned him' while addressing Israel-Palestine row

Ed, 35, has faced a backlash after support act Macklemore was dropped from several shows following complaints from stadium owners over the rapper's outspoken support for Palestine .

One of Britain's 'worst cowboy builders' is jailed for fleecing 13 families out of £700,000 after unfinished work left water pouring through ceilings and windowless walls standing on stilts

Sep 21, 2026

One of Britain's 'worst cowboy builders' is jailed for fleecing 13 families out of £700,000 after unfinished work left water pouring through ceilings and windowless walls standing on stilts

Patrick Damien Hartley, 52, left his victims with little choice but to pay hundreds of thousands of pounds to repair his botched work.

Charming Lancashire market town to get its first Christmas ice rink for a decade

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Charming Lancashire market town to get its first Christmas ice rink for a decade

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John Swinney's World Cup excuse branded 'disrespectful' after he opted for £18k business class flight instead of £1k seat on SFA plane

Sep 21, 2026

John Swinney's World Cup excuse branded 'disrespectful' after he opted for £18k business class flight instead of £1k seat on SFA plane

John Swinney has been accused of a lack of respect for Scottish taxpayers after claiming he tried to 'minimise costs' for his trip to the United States for the World Cup.

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