Labour urged to ‘see the light’ on indyref2
Nicola Sturgeon has called on the Scottish Labour leader to “see the light” and support a second independence referendum after his party changed its stance to back a fresh vote on Brexit.
Poverty
Clear sense of urgency needed in tackling child poverty, ministers told
Meeting Scotland’s child poverty targets could cost almost £1 billion a year – although a report has said that making more “modest” payments of just £10 a week could make a difference to struggling families.
New targets to tackle ‘blight of fuel poverty’ in Scotland approved
Targets committing the Scottish Government to reduce fuel poverty to below 5% of Scottish households by 2040 have been approved by MSPs.
Labour demands ‘deeds not words’ to tackle poverty in Scotland
Labour has demanded the Scottish Government “think about its moral responsibility” and take action to tackle poverty.
Economic policies need to do more to tackle inequality – Poverty Commission
The Scottish Government needs to “match ambitious words with equally ambitious action” when making economic decisions, Scotland’s Poverty and Inequality Commission has said.
Economic policies need to do more to tackle inequality – Poverty Commission
The Scottish Government needs to “match ambitious words with equally ambitious action” when making economic decisions, Scotland’s Poverty and Inequality Commission has said.
Poverty funding helping to narrow attainment gap in schools, heads say
The attainment gap between children from poor and affluent families is getting smaller at schools where there is specialist funding, head teachers have said.
Classroom of children a day could fall into poverty, think tank warns
The Scottish Government needs to take urgent action to stop the equivalent of a classroom of children a day from falling into poverty.
UK Government must reverse austerity policies, says Communities Secretary
The UK Government must recognise the damage caused by austerity and change course on policies that are causing poverty and inequality to rise, the Scottish Government has said.
Mitigating austerity ‘not sustainable’ for devolved governments, says UN
Steps taken by devolved administrations to mitigate the worst impacts of UK austerity “come at a price” and are “not sustainable”, according to a report commissioned by the UN.
UK violating its human rights obligations, says UN poverty expert
The UK has violated its human rights obligations through sustained and widespread cuts to social support, a UN poverty expert has claimed.