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Councillors are being asked to approve a new Local Housing Strategy (LHS) for Perth and Kinross.

Campaigners are calling for an increase to the Scottish Welfare Fund budget after new statistics released show a rising number of Scots are accessing emergency cash to help pay for food or heating.

Angus councillors will be asked this week to consider a range of measures proposed by the council. These include budget proposals that seek to meet a significant funding gap, respond to the challenges and impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and keep costs to residents as low as possible, while supportin

Scotland’s system of rent controls is not working but can be fixed by handing communities more power, according to a new report by a policy group founded by SNP members. 

Angela Constance during the Child Poverty Bill consultation launch in Dundee yesterday The Scottish Government has outlined its vision for ending child poverty with the launch of a consultation of its Child Poverty Bill.

Graeme Brown Housing in homelessness charity Shelter Scotland has bemoaned new statistics which revealed that one million people in Scotland, more than a fifth of them children, are living in relative poverty after housing costs.

Organisations across Scotland will mark Challenge Poverty Week with a series of events for residents.

The Scottish Fuel Poverty Advisory Panel has hit out at the current Scottish Government approach to tackling fuel poverty as outdated, weak and without clear outcomes, adding that Scotland is extremely unlikely to meet its fuel poverty targets for 2030. Publishing its statutory response to the

Lisa Glass On Thursday 16th March, the Scottish Government released two sets of poverty statistics, on how many people live in poverty and on how many people live in ‘persistent poverty’, in other words, have been in poverty for three of the last four years.

Shelter Scotland has urged MSPs to unite and declare a national housing emergency when a motion comes before Holyrood on Wednesday.

An annual update on homelessness in Scotland has painted a mixed picture of success with rough sleeping falling to its lowest level in 20 years but a 17% increase in the number of children in temporary accommodation. Statistics covering 2021-22, released today by Scotland’s Chief Statistician,

Supporting people through the sustained higher cost of living remains a top priority, Renfrewshire Council has said. An update on the council’s £5 million Fairer Renfrewshire programme and its progress has been published and will be considered by councillors at the Leadership Board next

A new report which details the Scottish Government's progress to reduce child poverty has highlighted that too many children in Scotland still don’t have access to the basic essentials, according to IPPR Scotland.

A record investment of almost £8.5 billion was committed to support low-income households between 2018-22, with almost £3.3 billion benefitting children, a new report on child poverty has revealed. The fourth annual progress report on child poverty, published yesterday, shows that all of

An ambitious drive is underway to reduce the number of children living in poverty across North Ayrshire. In June last year, North Ayrshire Council’s cabinet approved the Child Poverty Plan 2023-26, which is a joint plan involving various partners and is a statutory requirement of the Scottish