Using data from the House of Commons Library, the party said 68% of all Westminster welfare cuts between 2011-12 to 2015-16 would fall on women.
In Scotland, that meant £4.1 billion less for women as a result of a five-year cuts package of £6bn.
Women suffer most from Coalition cuts
WOMEN, and new mothers in particular, have suffered disproportionately from Coalition welfare cuts according to new figures released by the SNP.
Fears unpaid carers’ health being harmed by workload
Many unpaid carers also have to hold down a job.
More than a quarter of Fife’s army of unpaid carers are spending at least 50 hours per week looking after others, it has been revealed.
The majority of those with the biggest burden are pensioners, although many are younger with homes and families to look after.
Those spending long hours caring have reported the strain is affecting their health, prompting calls for better support for carers.
Family carers face postcode lottery
Councils differ in level of discretion they give practitioners in determining eligibility and extent of outsourcing of assessments
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Carers face a postcode lottery in access to support because of significant variations in the way councils carry out assessments, determine eligibility and allocate resources, a study has found.
The research identified differences between authorities in thresholds for accessing support, the extent to which councils allowed professionals discretion in the way they determined eligibility and in resource allocation systems for determining the size of carer personal budgets. There was also variation in the extent to which councils outsourced the provision of carers’ assessments to external organisations, such as local carers’ centres.
