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A major review of Glasgow's Climate Plan has identified extensive community benefits that accompany the effort to reduce the city's carbon emissions.

Families in Falkirk gained more than £16 million in extra benefits last year, as part of the area’s first year delivering its Building a Fairer Falkirk anti-poverty strategy. The five-year plan, launched in 2024, is already helping thousands of residents boost incomes, find fair work and

Having previously outlined the policy proposals Homeless Action Scotland believes should be adopted by the next Scottish Parliament, communications and engagement manager Garry Burns tackles each of those in detail, beginning with the introduction of a new homelessness and housing minister.

Charities working with children and families on low incomes will receive a share of £3.3 million to help meet the needs of those affected by poverty at Christmas and in the new year. The money forms part of the £100 million winter support package announced by First Minister Nicola Sturge

Anti-poverty charity the Trussell Trust has urged Chancellor Jeremy Hunt to take urgent action to increase long-term support for people struggling to get by on Universal Credit after it published new research that reveals the devastating consequences of the inadequacy of Universal Credit

Social security expenditure in Scotland will total £5.2 billion in 2026-27, according to the Scottish Fiscal Commission’s latest forecast report. The amount spent is projected to increase by £1.5bn over the five years due to a variety of reasons including an increase in benefits pr

Nicola Sturgeon Significant measures to safeguard the environment and improve the quality of housing are expected to be announced by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon when she sets out her legislative plans for the coming year.

Naomi Eisenstadt The Scottish Government’s new independent adviser has pledged to hold ministers to account over its efforts to lift people out of poverty.

Members of the City of Edinburgh Council have agreed to invest £100,000 towards the Regenerative Futures Fund (RFF), a new multi-million-pound initiative to make Edinburgh a fairer place to live.

An estimated 70,000 people in Scotland, including 30,000 children, would be lifted out of poverty by 2024 if UK Government welfare reforms introduced since 2015 were reversed, a new report has found.

Longer-term joint planning is needed to address child poverty in Scotland, according to a new report published by Audit Scotland. The Scottish Government’s policies and spending remain more focused on helping children out of poverty rather than long-term measures to prevent it. Child poverty h

More than 210,000 children in Scotland will be trapped in poverty by 2030 without urgent investment from the Scottish Government, new analysis from the Institute for Public Policy Research Scotland (IPPR Scotland) has warned.

Work has begun to refresh plans aiming to support people experiencing poverty while living in Aberdeen. The Anti-Poverty Outcome Improvement Group met with external advisers at a workshop on 19 September to begin updating the Local Outcome Improvement Plan (LOIP), which sets out plans for making the

The Scottish Child Payment is now being received by the families of more than 300,000 children and young people, according to official statistics. New figures show that 303,000 children were receiving the payment at the end of March.

Aileen Campbell MSP Aileen Campbell on her new role as cabinet secretary for communities and local government.