Poverty
NorthWest 2045: Socio-Economic Profile
Author / Creator: Biggar Economics
Media type: Report
Date published: 2025
The NW2045 Socio-Economic Profile identifies the challenges and potential opportunities for creating a sustainable future for the North West of Scotland.
Increasing social security for families in Scotland: Modelling and impacts
Author / Creator: Fraser of Allander Institute
Media type: Report
Date published: 2025
The goal of a Minimum Income Guarantee is to ensure that all households in Scotland receive an agreed minimum disposable income.
Diversity and Inclusion within Community Ownership
Author / Creator: Community Enterprise
Media type: Research Report
Date published: 2024
Community ownership of assets has a deep-rooted and long-standing tradition, but has not yet fully addressed the needs of marginalised and disadvantaged groups.
Majority of Scots back right to work for people seeking asylum
Author / Creator: Scottish Refugee Council
Media type: Opinion Poll
Date published: 2025
62 per cent of the Scottish public support giving people the right to work while waiting for a decision on their asylum applications.
UK Poverty 2025 The essential guide to understanding poverty in the UK
Author / Creator: Joseph Rowntree Foundation
Media type: Report
Date published: 2025
Unacceptably high levels of poverty persist.
Including Migrants in Policy and Practice to Reduce Poverty
Author / Creator: Migration Policy Scotland
Media type: Briefing Paper
Date published: 2024
migrants are disadvantaged in relation to each of the main pathways to poverty reduction
Open the Door; Migrants Facing Financial Disadvantage and their Needs for Support
Author / Creator: Rebecca Kay
Media type: Report
Date published: 2024
Financial challenges and precarity are experienced by the working migrants in Scotland.
Spotlight on Research: Two new studies on the health impacts of cash transfers
Author / Creator: Katherine Smith
Media type: Research review
Date published: 2024
Does a universal basic income improve health of the poorest?
2024 Inequality Landscape: Health and Socioeconomic Divides in Scotland
Author / Creator: Allison Catalano
Media type: Report
Date published: 2024
Many in Scotland’s most disadvantaged communities are being left behind.
Socioeconomic and health inequalities in Scotland – Election Brief
Author / Creator: Fraser of Allander Institute
Media type: Report
Date published:
This topic brief provides an overview of some of the issues to consider ahead of the General Election 2024 that are relevant to tackling socioeconomic and related health inequalities in Scotland.
This is part of a programme of work, funded by the Health Foundation as part of its improving health and reducing inequalities in Scotland programme.
Scotland's housing emergency: a timeline
Author / Creator: Shelter Scotland
Media type: Article
Date published: 2024
The housing emergency in Scotland has never just been about houses – it’s about people.
It’s about the family struggling to meet next month’s mortgage payment. The young family renting a rundown flat, wondering if they’ll ever be able to afford a home of their own. This is about the children living in temporary accommodation, forced to change schools every time they move. These are today's struggles.
Impact of the Scottish Child Payment on the need for food banks
Author / Creator: Fraser of Allander Institute
Media type: Report
Date published:
Social security policies like the Scottish Child Payment (SCP) are crucial to reducing both poverty and food insecurity. As such, SCP is a key part of the Scottish Government strategies to reduce child poverty and to end the need for food banks in Scotland.
In-work poverty in the hospitality sector in Scotland: Policy briefing
Author / Creator: Chirsty McFadyen
Media type: Report
Date published: 2023
Addressing in-work poverty and the challenges facing the hospitality sector in Scotland requires policy and systems-wide change.
Nationalism & the Far Right
Author / Creator: Nationalism & the Far Right
Media type: Podcast
Date published: 2023
The far right in the context of nationalism.
Nationalism & the Far Right
Author / Creator: Nationalism & the Far Right
Media type: Podcast
Date published: 2023
The far right in the context of nationalism.
Wellwashing. Why a superficial approach to Wellbeing Economics will fail
Author / Creator: Iain Black
Media type: Policy Paper
Date published: 2023
An approach to economics that increases as maximises wellbeing must do so despite and regardless of the impact this approach would have on growth.
Giving Substance to the Wellbeing Economy
Author / Creator: Kate Forbes
Media type: Discussion Paper
Date published: 2023
The Scottish Government to move beyond soundbites about a Wellbeing Economy and produce a plan that has the substance to deliver on its promises.
The Crisis of the Story of Nationalist Scotland: Six Suggestions for a Different Politics of Independence
Author / Creator: Gerry Hassan
Media type: Opinion
Date published: 2023
The SNP's feet of clay have been revealed. What now?
UK Poverty 2023: The essential guide to understanding poverty in the UK
Author / Creator: Joseph Rowntree Foundation
Media type: Report
Date published: 2023
"Looking at the geography of poverty, Northern Ireland and Scotland continue to have lower poverty rates than England and Wales and, within England, the North East and London have the highest rates." Scottish government policies have reduced the poverty rate, but it continues to increase, just not as fast as the rest of the UK..
The Cost of Living Crisis in Scotland: analytical report
Author / Creator: APS Group Scotland
Media type: Report
Date published: 2022
The cost of living crisis presents serious economic and social challenges for the least well off.