Tuesday headlines: Nicola Sturgeon relaxes working from home rules after progress in Omicron fight

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Welcome to the Daily Record's Tuesday briefing.The top stories you need to know today include Nicola Sturgeon's update about working from home, a growing DWP petition, as well as the Scots motorist fined for parking in a spot he's used for more than 20 years.Here are the latest headlines from Scotland and beyond today.Guidance on working from home will be relaxed within days after Scotland continued to make progress in the battle against Omicron.Nicola Sturgeon said employers will be asked to consider “hybrid” working for staff - a combination of being at home and in the office.This is different from the current guidance which backs home working when it is practical.Read more.

A petition calling for the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to end benefit award reviews for Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and Employment Support Allowance (ESA) claimants with long-term illnesses has reached nearly 30,000 signatures.

Posted on the official Petitions Parliament website by John H Paternoster, the ‘End reviews of PIP and ESA awards for people with lifelong illnesses’, is set to close on Friday, January 28 - some 70,000 signatures short of the 100,000 needed which would see the topic considered for debate in Parliament.

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