Mistakes Leave Thousands of Scots Worse Off New research has revealed that those on the lowest incomes would need to double their incomes in order to…
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Families Left Worse Off by Tory Budget Failure The Tories’ latest budget has delivered the worst case scenario for Scotland’s finances and failed to live up…
97% Received Support Payments On Time Social Security Scotland has published its Annual Report and Accounts, which show that it made £641 million in direct payments…
Households in Scotland Abandoned by Westminster People in Scotland, and across the UK, have been left feeling completely abandoned after the Tories’ King’s Speech failed to…
Last week was Challenge Poverty Week, established by Scotland’s anti-poverty network the Poverty Alliance. Since its launch in 2013, the Challenge Poverty week has done admirable…
Welfare policy is cutting poverty among under 16s to levels below the rest of Britain Scotland is the only part of the UK where this additional…
7 Million Households Foregoing Basics The SNP has described a worsening ‘Tory housing nightmare’ as fresh figures show rent taking up the largest share of pay…
Tackling Child Poverty Head On The Scottish Child Payment is now being received by the families of more than 300,000 children and young people, according to…
Scotland doesn’t have to accept this From rising food prices and squeezed wages, to the UK economy being the worst performing among all major economies, the…
Cost of Westminster’s economic mismanagement Despite the clear economic evidence of the damaging impacts, both the Tories and Labour support Brexit – making millions of people…