Search: Child poverty action plan welcome but more affordable homes required, says CIH Scotland

The Scottish Government is launching a consultation on its plans to end the two-child cap on benefits.

The Scottish Child Payment has been increased to £25 and been extended to include eligible children up to age 16.

The UK Government is being urged to lift children across the UK from poverty this winter by making three key changes to the social security system.

Councillors will be asked to endorse a new “social contract” committing Perth and Kinross Council to working alongside the Anti-Poverty Task Force in eradicating poverty this week. Despite being a relatively affluent area, Perth and Kinross has around 30,000 people living below the pover

(from left) Young Queens Cross residents Charmaine Campbell, TK Maskume, Jordana Bashir, and James Mitchell help launch the new £10,000 Community Chest fund A new £10,000 fund has been set up to help lift young people in north west Glasgow out of poverty.

Gaps in the social security safety net are the key reason why people in Scotland are turning to food banks, according to a new report. Published by the Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) in Scotland, in association with the Trussell Trust and Oxfam Scotland, the report builds upon UK-wide research wh

Jimmy Black reflects on a meeting of minds between Aaron Hill of the SFHA and Kirsty McKechnie of the Child Poverty Action Group in Scotland.

A coalition of anti-poverty charities is today calling for a significant boost to the Scottish Welfare Fund to protect people in poverty.

A new survey has found that almost half of adults in Scotland are cutting back on daily essentials due to rising costs, with energy bills, fuel, and food the main expense concerns.

Kirsty McKechnie Kirsty McKechnie from the Child Poverty Action Group highlights worrying examples of how the benefit cap reduction is hitting people in Scotland

Homeless Network Scotland (HNS) has made three key appointments ahead of its annual conference to drive its ambitious and collaboration-led mission to end homelessness. Ed Pybus has joined the team as policy advisor and Jamie Milne is the new communications lead, while Hazel MacIver will take up her

Edinburgh Tenants Federation’s (ETF’s) convenor Betty Stone has given evidence to the Scottish Parliament’s Social Justice and Social Security Committee at the Scottish Parliament. The evidence session looked at low income and debt problems with representatives from other organisat

Kirsty McKechnie In a guest blog for Shelter Scotland, Kirsty McKechnie, welfare rights worker for Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) in Scotland, gives the story so far for Universal Credit.

The Scottish Government will invest nearly £2.2 million to enable the Wise Group to provide wrap-around support to individuals and families on low incomes in six local authority areas. The investment, from the Tackling Child Poverty Fund, was announced by social justice secretary Shirley-Anne

The Scottish Government is providing £8.6 million in direct support for people affected by the UK benefit cap as part of its work to tackle child poverty.