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Government told to increase Scottish Child Payment to £40 to reduce poverty

Increased spending on social security will be “necessary” for the Scottish Government to be “assured” of meeting child poverty targets for 2023-24, ministers have been told. The Poverty and Inequality Commission insisted that action taken so far to ...

25 Jan 2022 at 01:25

Scotland

Council tax should be revaluated to meet child poverty targets – report

A council tax revaluation for homes in Scotland is needed soon in order to meet child poverty targets, an advisory commission has said. The Poverty and Inequality Commission says it is one of a series of measures needed to improve the tax system. ...

16 Oct 2023 at 16:25

Scotland

Commissioners and chair quit Scottish Government’s poverty advisory body

Three commissioners and the chair of a Scottish Government poverty body have quit. The Poverty and Inequality Commission was established by the Child Poverty (Scotland) Act 2017 to advise the Government on measures to improve the lives of the ...

05 Sept 2023 at 12:20

Scotland

Poverty body’s new chairman and members approved by committee after resignations

A new chairman and members of an advisory commission on poverty have been approved by a Holyrood committee, following a series of resignations from the body last year. The Scottish Parliament’s Social Justice Committee approved the ...

18 Apr 2024 at 15:39

Scotland

Poverty commission resignations due to ‘unprecedented communication breakdown’

The resignation of three of the Scottish Government’s poverty commissioners and the group’s chair was a result of “an unprecedented breakdown in communications”, a review has found. In September, Linda Bamford, Shona Stephen and ...

29 Feb 2024 at 16:16

Scotland

Swinney told ‘political courage’ needed to meet child poverty targets

John Swinney has been told “political courage” is needed to tackle child poverty, with a warning that without such action Scotland could miss its targets by “a very wide margin”. The Poverty and Inequality Commission has ...

04 Nov 2025 at 17:46

Scotland

Progress made on child poverty but ‘urgent action needed to meet 2030 targets’

Commitments to tackle child poverty in Scotland will not be enough to reach 2030 targets despite positive progress, experts have said. Social Justice Secretary Shona Robison told MSPs almost £3.3 billion has been spent ...

29 Jun 2022 at 18:22

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