Scots join the worldwide effort to help Africans find new ways to rebuild their communities shattered by brutal civil war
Scots academics are thinking global but working local as they join a new drive to improve lives in Africa.
Poverty
Growing gap between rich and poor in Scotland, official figures reveal
The number of people living in poverty in Scotland is on the rise, according to official statistics.
Nearly half a million food bank parcels given out in 18 months, figures show
Almost half a million food parcels were given out by independent food banks in 18 months, nearly double the number previously thought, according to new figures.
End fuel poverty by 2032, Scottish Government urged
Labour is demanding the Scottish Government be more ambitious in its efforts to tackle fuel poverty by pledging to eradicate the problem entirely by 2032.
Warning child poverty in Scotland risks reaching 20-year high
Child poverty is increasing and will hit a 20-year high, pushing an extra 60,000 children into poverty, the Scottish Government has been warned.
Campaigners call for ‘alternative coping strategies’ for poorer smokers
Campaigners against smoking and poverty have joined together to call for smokers to be given “alternative coping strategies” when quitting cigarettes.
One in five Scottish children missing out on basic essentials, study shows
One in every five children in Glasgow missed out on basic necessities because of their family’s low income, new figures have revealed.
Scotland’s children living in poverty have higher risk of getting cancer
A failure to tackle poverty in Scotland is leaving generations of children at a higher risk of cancer in later life, according to a public health expert.
Scots in poverty urged to join new panel to tackle issue
People in poverty are being urged to apply to become members of a new panel focused on the issue.
‘Unacceptable’ number of Scots need help to pay for heating and eating
Struggling Scots received more than £2.2 million in emergency cash grants to help with the cost of eating, heating and other basic expenses over just three months, new figures have revealed.
Pensioners could be ‘pushed into poverty’ if free TV licence is scrapped
AS many as 50,000 UK pensioners could be pushed below the poverty line if the free TV licence was to be scrapped for over-75s, Age UK claims.