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Achieving child poverty target 'could cost £920m a year in benefits'

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The UK and Scottish governments are failing to use their powers to reduce poverty, a report by a leading charity has found, as rates of extreme deprivation rise

Alarming rise in Scots living in 'very deep poverty' since 1990s

Nicola Sturgeon's former chief of staff Liz Llloyd departs the Covid inquiry at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre. Picture: Getty Images

Sturgeon's former chief of staff appointed to child poverty expert board

Ministers have been warned about the impact of the Budget

Scottish Budget risks making poverty in Scotland worse, ministers warned

Shocking levels of 'deep poverty' in Scotland are a serious health issue Gwenetta Curry

Challenge Poverty Week is being supported by charities, councils, individuals and politicians across the country. (Poverty Alliance)

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Poverty indicates failure of political leadership Scotsman comment

One in ten Scots are in 'very deep poverty', according to the Joseph Rowntree Foundation

Half a million people in 'very deep poverty' in Scotland, charity warns

Scotland's lack of think tank scrutiny is leading to weak policies John McLaren

Raising the value of benefits would have been preferable to sending out a string of lump sum cost of living payments to households, according to a leading UK economics thinktank which has dubbed the sporadic cash boosts an “ineffective sticking plaster”.

Cost of living payments are ‘ineffective sticking plaster’, warns IFS

The 'well-being economy' is about more than just money (Picture: Hollie Adams/Getty Images)

Businesses that enhance our lives should be the focus of government support

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UK Government's cost of living crisis puts squeeze on NHS Grampian says MSP

A protestor makes a point about fuel poverty outside Downing Street (Picture: Daniel Leal/AFP via Getty Images)

Scotland’s poverty problem is unlikely to see major change soon – John McLaren

Approximately 460,000 people in Scotland were living in very deep poverty between 2017 and 2020, according to the research. Picture: John Devlin

Number of Scots living in 'very deep' poverty up almost 50 per cent

A well-insulated home can make people healthier, wealthier and happier (Picture: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Cold homes scandal should shame Scotland into action – Scotsman comment

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What do we want? 700,000 new social housing properties - David Alexander

GIVE400 aims to encourage those who can afford to it to donate all or part of their £400 Energy Bills Support Scheme payment to a good cause

400 ways you can help this winter - Stephen Pearson & Carolyn Sawers

GIVE400.scot campaign launched to help tackle fuel poverty and cost of living crisis in Scotland

All we are saying is GIVE400.scot. a chance - Nick Freer

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt's budget cuts are going to make life worse for many. Picture: Rob Pinney/Getty Images

I'm worried about money and the autumn statement hasn't changed that

John Swinney has said the Scottish Child Payment has hit a limit. Picture: Peter Byrne/PA Wire

Scottish Child Payment roll-out granted 'watershed moment' by think-tank

Nearly one in five households on low incomes in Scotland have gone both hungry and cold this year.

Scottish poverty report paints ‘bleak picture’ of society in crisis

David Alexander is chief executive officer of DJ Alexander

Rowntree housing proposal is not to my taste - David Alexander

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Finance Secretary Kate Forbes arrives for the Stage 3 Debate: Scottish Budget 2022-23 at the Scottish Parliament Holyrood Edinburgh. Picture date: Thursday February 10, 2022. PA Photo. See PA story POLITICS Scotland.Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/PA Wire

Finance secretary says more needs to be done to tackle cost of living crisis

Jamie Stone accused the UK Government of “refusing to act on the energy crisis”

Lib Dem MP accuses UK Government of ‘refusing to act’ on energy crisis

People in low income households are falling behind on bill payments. Picture: PA

Low-income households in Scotland falling behind on bill payments

Tens of thousands of children will be hit by poverty due to missed government targets, a new report has warned

Tens of thousands of children will have lives 'blighted by hardship'

Food banks have become increasingly necessary since the 2008 financial crash (Picture: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Why Universal Credit cut should be scrapped – Scotsman comment

Six former Conservative Work and Pensions Secretaries have urged Rishi Sunak not to cut Universal Credit (Picture: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Universal Credit cut raises questions about in-work poverty – Scotsman says

The UK could face a wave of unemployment when government support introduced during the Covid pandemic is withdrawn at the end of September (Picture: Philip Toscano/PA)

Economic storm risks blighting the lives of a generation – Christine Jardine MP

Iain Duncan Smith is one of six former Tory Social Security Secretaries who have called for the Universal Credit top-up to be continued (Picture: Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP via Getty Images)

Why cutting Universal Credit making little economic sense – Brian Wilson

Glasgow central is one of the constituencies principally affected by the Universal Credit cut. Picture: John Devlin

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In a report published today, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation warned that without increasing the weekly payment to £20 per family, there was no “credible” way for the Scottish Government to meet its goal of having just 18 per cent of children living in relative poverty by the end of 2024. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Scottish Child Payment must be doubled amid ‘huge harm’ of pandemic, report says

Poverty is high on the list of Scottish voters' priorities according to the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.

Poverty high on voters' priority list, according to new poll

More than 77,000 applications have been received for the new Scottish Child Payment. Picture: Getty

New benefit won't stop Scotland falling short of child poverty target
A new child benefit scheme hailed by the Scottish Government as the “most ambitious anti-poverty measure” anywhere in the UK will not be enough to meet its own ...

Ian Blackford has urged Boris Johnson to extend the Universal Credit uplift or face leaving “millions of children” in poverty.

Ian Blackford warns not extending Universal Credit will put children in poverty

The SNP have urged the Government to extend the Universal Credit increase

UK Government urged to rethink decision to scrap Universal Credit increase

The hike in payments was only introduced as a year-long measure.

Universal Credit: will benefits be cut in April 2021?

Gil Paterson MSP

More than 1,000 affordable homes built in local area

Shona Robison has been appointed convener of a new SNP commission on social justice.

Shona Robison to head new SNP poverty commission

The Joseph Rowntree Foundation report says more radical action is needed to lift children out of poverty.

'Game-changer' policies needed to meet poverty targets in Scotland

Derek Mitchell, Chief Executive of Citizens Advice Scotland

Households forced to go without food before payday

Jim McCormick, chairman of the Edinburgh Poverty Commission, has outlined the biggest barrier to reducing poverty levels in Edinburgh. Picture: EN License

Strict rent controls ?‘a solution’ to reduce poverty in Edinburgh

Fifers earns hundreds of £s less than average Scottish salary

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UK is world’s 5th richest country but it’s far from fair – Christine Jardine

Poverty can affect every aspect of family life, presenting parents with impossible choices (Picture: John Devlin)

Scottish Budget: Three ways it could tackle poverty '“ Emma Congreve

Holyrood legislation set a number of targets for cutting child poverty including having just one in ten children living in relative poverty. Picture: TSPL

One in four children living in poverty as childcare woes and disabilities bite

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Low-income Scots can't be relied on for Yes vote

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Glasgow firm tackling funeral poverty with early-morning cremations

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