Nicola Sturgeon hopes strategy,which will see new agency running benefits devolved to Holyrood, will boost SNP lead in pollsNicola Sturgeon’s government is to set up a new Scottish benefits agency to supervise and simplify more than £2.7bn of welfare spending.
Scottish ministers say the new agency, and which will arrive into being next year,will offer a more compassionate, streamlined service than the tougher system run by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).
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Source: theguardian.com