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

Iain Duncan Smith The UK government has announced plans to scrap the target to eliminate child poverty by 2020.

Philip Whyte, director of IPPR Scotland, discusses the need for the Scottish Government to scrap the two-child limit for Universal Credit or Child Tax Credits. With Keir Starmer’s refusal to commit to scrapping it should Labour form the next UK government, the two-child limit has understa

Aoife Deery outlines Shelter Scotland’s concerns about the impact welfare reform is having on renters. Last week, the Scottish Government published its third report into the impact of welfare reform, which confirms worries that the private rented sector is increasingly unaffordable for many and es

A new report by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation has found that Scotland is not on course to meet Scottish Government child poverty targets.  The report found that even before the coronavirus pandemic struck, poverty in Scotland is rising from an "already unacceptably high level".

The Scottish Government is estimated to have helped 2,015 households with children into affordable housing between April and December 2023 as part of a £1.4 billion investment to tackle child poverty, according to a new report. The investment is detailed in an annual progress report which high

Scotland risks unravelling the main reason behind lower levels of poverty without a long-term focus on boosting supply and affordability of housing, a new report has found.

The Scottish Child Payment will be doubled to £20 per week per child from April 2022.

Ahead of a series of meetings in London today with child poverty charities, social justice secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville has urged the UK Government to take action to tackle child poverty in its forthcoming Budget, including immediately scrapping the two-child limit and the benefit cap. Ms Somer

The equivalent of a classroom of children will enter poverty in Scotland every day unless benefit changes proposed by the Scottish Government are introduced sooner, a think-tank has warned.

Lisa Glass To coincide with Challenge Poverty Week, Shelter Scotland is highlighting that poverty in Scotland can be solved by boosting incomes and reducing costs. Housing costs, whether it is rent or mortgage payments, are a huge expense and a huge financial burden for many families across Scotland

Mark Macmillan Renfrewshire Council has taken the first steps in a new journey to break the child poverty cycle with a cash injection of £3.2 million to take forward immediate priorities emerging from its Tackling Poverty Commission report.

Campaigners, organisations and charities across Scotland are coming together to take part in this year’s Challenge Poverty Week with today's theme focusing on housing.

Low income families will be able to apply for a new £10 a week payment for every child aged 0-6 next year after the Scottish Government brought forward its Scottish Child Payment. As part of measures to lift 30,000 children out of poverty, the benefit, which was due to launch in 2021, will now

Glasgow City Council's Centre for Civic Innovation (CCI) has produced their sixth annual publication providing a detailed overview of child poverty in the city and using lived experiences of families to illustrate what is being done to help reduce child poverty.

A new project to help improve child poverty has been launched by Midlothian Council. The project, known as ‘Our Experience, Our Voice, Our Stories’, is now looking to employ community researchers who have lived experiences of caring for children in poverty.