Scottish Government consultation on Low Income Winter Heating Assistance
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The Poverty Alliance submit evidence to the Education, Children and Young People Committee on the Scottish Attainment Challenge
Dr Laura Robertson, Senior Research Officer at The Poverty Alliance provided the below evidence to the Education, Children and Young People Committee in February 2022. The poverty-attainment gap: the context The attainment gap in Scotland starts in the early years and widens as children and young people move through the education system. From the early … Read more
Poverty Alliance responds to Ofgem’s announcement on energy price hikes
People on low incomes across the country are being caught up in a rising tide of hardship, with the cost of living crisis combining with an inadequate social security system to pull them deeper into poverty. Today’s Ofgem announcement threatens to turn this rising tide into a flood, as more people are forced into impossible … Read more
New CPG inquiry launched into poverty-related stigma
MSPs have today (Wednesday 26th January) launched a call for evidence on the impact of poverty-related stigma, after being told by experts that negative and discriminatory attitudes towards people living in poverty are continuing to blight the lives of people across Scotland. The Scottish Parliament’s Cross-Party Group on Poverty, which brings together MSPs from all … Read more
Report considers Government’s options for tackling child poverty in Scotland
A new report identifying a range of policy levers available to the Scottish Government to tackle child poverty has been published by the Fraser of Allander Institute. The Scottish Government is due to set out its new plan for tackling child poverty in March. Around one in four children in Scotland are currently living in … Read more
Tackling poverty for good mental health
Shari McDaid, Mental Health Foundation, and Peter Kelly, The Poverty Alliance. Today we are proud to launch a new partnership between The Poverty Alliance and Mental Health Foundation. Together we will carry out an ambitious research and policy programme to address poverty as a fundamental driver of mental ill health. We will conduct research along … Read more
Campaigners call for end to benefit cap as survey shows widespread hardship
Anti-poverty campaigners have today launched a new campaign calling on the UK Government to scrap the benefit cap, after a survey of people on low incomes and charities found that the policy is causing widespread harm and hardship. The campaign, called Scrap the Cap, is being coordinated by the Poverty Alliance and is being supported … Read more
Summary Briefing: Poverty, Economy and Mental Health
This paper reports on key areas of mental health and poverty research in Scotland that emerged from discussions at the Poverty, Economy and Mental Health Roundtable held on 18th January 2022, hosted by the Mental Health Foundation and The Poverty Alliance. We note five broad key research gaps identified by participants as requiring to be … Read more
Proposed Right to Addiction Recovery (Scotland) Bill
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Poverty Alliance responds to Scottish Government budget
Responding to the Scottish Government’s budget, which was published today, Peter Kelly (Director, Poverty Alliance), said: “Today’s Scottish Government budget contains a number of welcome commitments. Doubling the Scottish Child Payment from April, as we and so many others across Scotland campaigned hard for, will help stem the rising tide of poverty across the country. … Read more
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