Scottish budget to pass first vote at Holyrood
The Scottish Government’s tax and spending plans for this year will pass their first hurdle at Holyrood. The Greens, the ...
Scotland's countryside not just for super-wealthy landowners
Use precise geolocation data and actively scan device characteristics for identification. This is done to store and access ...
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Scotland’s promise to abolish two-child benefit cap expected to reduce child poverty by 2029
Scotland has promised to scrap the two-child limit on benefits from 2026, which will boost the income of larger families on ...
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Child poverty in Scotland predicted to fall – but remains well above target
The JRF’s annual poverty barometer, which analyses information from the Office for Budget Responsibility, indicates Scotland ...
First Labour destroyed Wales, now it’s working on Scotland - England is next
Former First Minister Mark Drakeford embraced every cranky left-wing cause going: a four-day public sector week, universal ...
Map lays bare UK’s poverty crisis with HALF of kids living below breadline in hardest-hit areas – where does YOURS rank?
A MAP has laid bare the UK’s poverty crisis with half of kids living below the breadline in the hardest-hit areas. The ...
Scots living in fuel poverty on the rise as one third of households struggle with bills
Results of a survey - carried out before the cut to the winter fuel payment - showed an increasing number of households are ...
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Scotland only part of UK to see child poverty rates fall by 2029
Scotland is the only part of the UK likely to see child poverty rates fall by 2029, according to a new analysis from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation. The charity says this is largely down to the ...
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Labour must invest in benefits system to lift children out of poverty, shameful report finds
Scotland's benefits system is providing greater protections for children, and that means its child poverty levels are set to ...
Child poverty rates in Ayrshire predicted to fall by January 2029
Ayr MSP Siobhian Brown has welcomed a report from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation which highlighted an estimated 1.9 per cent ...
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Economic and employment growth alone will not be enough to reduce poverty levels
Economic and employment growth alone will not be enough to reduce poverty levels ...