Poverty

Best Start, Bright Futures: tackling child poverty delivery plan 2022 to 2026

Author / Creator: Scottish Government

Media type: Report

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Best Start, Bright Futures sets out how the Scottish Government will work together to deliver on Scotland's national mission to tackle child poverty. It is not solely a plan for the Scottish Government, it is a plan for all of Scotland, recognising the contribution all parts of society must make to deliver the change needed for children and families.


Socioeconomic and health inequalities in Scotland – Election Brief

Author / Creator: Fraser of Allander Institute

Media type: Report

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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.


Impact of the Scottish Child Payment on the need for food banks

Author / Creator: Fraser of Allander Institute

Media type: Report

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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.


Scottish Child Payment reduces food bank uptake

Author / Creator: David Murray

Media type: Article

Date published: 2024

The UK Government has the ability to reduce poverty and deprivation through child payment – but not the will


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..


Evaluation Strategy for the Attainment Scotland Fund 2022-2026

Author / Creator: Scottish Government

Media type: Report

Date published: 2022

use education to improve outcomes for children and young people impacted by poverty with a focus on tackling the poverty-related attainment gap to deliver on the Scottish Government’s vision of equity and excellence in education


Children Shouldn't be Hungry

Author / Creator: Robin McAlpine

Media type: Opinion

Date published: 2022

In Scotland, a thousand children a year are hospitalised because of malnutrition. 


Inequality in Scotland: despite Nordic aspirations, things are not improving

Author / Creator: Gwilym Pryce

Media type: Article

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The latest estimate [2081] suggests that inequality in Scotland is now higher that it was in 2008, moving it closer to the inequality score for Great Britain than the Nordic one.


One in five people in Scotland now live in poverty – here’s what’s being done to tackle it

Author / Creator: John H McKendrick

Media type: Article

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The latest estimate (2018) is that one million people in Scotland are living in relative poverty – that is, after housing costs, they are left with a household income that is below 60% of the national median.