Poverty https://indylibrary.scot/ en Scottish Child Payment reduces food bank uptake https://indylibrary.scot/scottish-child-payment-reduces-food-bank-uptake <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Scottish Child Payment reduces food bank uptake</span> <div class="field field--name-field-author-or-creator field--type-string field--label-inline"> <div class="field__label">Primary Author or Creator:</div> <div class="field__item">David Murray</div> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span lang="" about="/user/18" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Stephen Richard</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden">Tue, 26/03/2024 - 19:21</span> <div class="field field--name-field-publisher field--type-string field--label-inline"> <div class="field__label">Publisher: </div> <div class="field__item">Bylines Scotland</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-alternative-published-date field--type-string field--label-inline"> <div class="field__label">Alternative Published Date</div> <div class="field__item">2024</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-category field--type-entity-reference field--label-inline"> <div class="field__label">Category: </div> <div class='field__items'> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/76" hreflang="en">Poverty</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-type field--type-string field--label-inline"> <div class="field__label">Type of Resource: </div> <div class="field__item">Article</div> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="flag.link_builder:build" arguments="0=node&amp;1=1387&amp;2=like_content" token="QS_EV9tWdSOpDYHeF37_z1DMDnBE6OJeEs3xzgtCovU"></drupal-render-placeholder> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Fast Facts</div> <div class="field__item">The UK Government has the ability to reduce poverty and deprivation through child payment – but not the will</div> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-precis field--type-text-long field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">More details</div> <div class="field__item">The policy was implemented by the Scottish government on 15 February 2021 in an attempt to reverse increasing child-poverty figures. Despite analysis of statistics by respected institutions (like the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and Trussel Trust, for example), indicating the policy has been extremely successful in its aim, there has been scant dissemination of the findings on mainstream media.</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-resource-url field--type-link field--label-inline"> <div class="field__label">Full Document (link)</div> <div class='field__items'> <div class="field__item"><a href="https://bylines.scot/politics/scottish-child-payment/" target="_blank">https://bylines.scot/politics/scottish-child-payment/</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-keywords field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Keywords</div> <div class='field__items'> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/1261" hreflang="en">Scottish child payment scheme</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/791" hreflang="en">Child poverty</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/1262" hreflang="en">Child welfare</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/236" hreflang="en">Public services</a></div> </div> </div> <div id="field-language-display"> <fieldset class="js-form-item js-form-type-item form-type-item js-form-item- form-item- form-group"> <label>Language</label> English </fieldset> </div> Tue, 26 Mar 2024 19:21:52 +0000 Stephen Richard 1387 at https://indylibrary.scot UK Poverty 2023: The essential guide to understanding poverty in the UK https://indylibrary.scot/uk-poverty-2023-the-essential-guide-to-understanding-poverty-in-the-uk <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">UK Poverty 2023: The essential guide to understanding poverty in the UK</span> <div class="field field--name-field-author-or-creator field--type-string field--label-inline"> <div class="field__label">Primary Author or Creator:</div> <div class="field__item">Joseph Rowntree Foundation</div> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span lang="" about="/user/18" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Stephen Richard</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden">Sat, 18/02/2023 - 18:20</span> <div class="field field--name-field-publisher field--type-string field--label-inline"> <div class="field__label">Publisher: </div> <div class="field__item">Joseph Rowntree Foundation</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-alternative-published-date field--type-string field--label-inline"> <div class="field__label">Alternative Published Date</div> <div class="field__item">2023</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-category field--type-entity-reference field--label-inline"> <div class="field__label">Category: </div> <div class='field__items'> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/76" hreflang="en">Poverty</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-type field--type-string field--label-inline"> <div class="field__label">Type of Resource: </div> <div class="field__item">Report</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-length field--type-string field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Length (Pages, words, minutes etc...)</div> <div class="field__item">141pp</div> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="flag.link_builder:build" arguments="0=node&amp;1=1039&amp;2=like_content" token="wQDf_Mov0fhile2i71v8fAzQ5hERAvOH2Ufd2IOFud0"></drupal-render-placeholder> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Fast Facts</div> <div class="field__item"><p>"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..</p></div> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-precis field--type-text-long field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">More details</div> <div class="field__item"><p>Relative poverty is increasing since 2019/20.  Government policies are the main factors in driving this change.  </p> <p>"These include:</p> <ul><li>the two-child limit in income-related benefits</li> <li>the benefit cap</li> <li>the five-week wait for the first Universal Credit payment</li> <li>unaffordable debt deductions from benefits</li> <li>Local Housing Allowance rates (frozen since April 2020) again breaking the link between housing costs and benefits."</li> </ul></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-resource-url field--type-link field--label-inline"> <div class="field__label">Full Document (link)</div> <div class='field__items'> <div class="field__item"><a href="https://www.jrf.org.uk/sites/default/files/jrf/uk_poverty_2023_-_the_essential_guide_to_understanding_poverty_in_the_uk_0_0.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.jrf.org.uk/sites/default/files/jrf/uk_poverty_2023_-_the_essential_…</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-keywords field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Keywords</div> <div class='field__items'> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/533" hreflang="en">Poverty</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/1080" hreflang="en">Poverty trends</a></div> </div> </div> <div id="field-language-display"> <fieldset class="js-form-item js-form-type-item form-type-item js-form-item- form-item- form-group"> <label>Language</label> English </fieldset> </div> Sat, 18 Feb 2023 18:20:05 +0000 Stephen Richard 1039 at https://indylibrary.scot Evaluation Strategy for the Attainment Scotland Fund 2022-2026 https://indylibrary.scot/evaluation-strategy-for-the-attainment-scotland-fund-2022-2026 <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Evaluation Strategy for the Attainment Scotland Fund 2022-2026</span> <div class="field field--name-field-author-or-creator field--type-string field--label-inline"> <div class="field__label">Primary Author or Creator:</div> <div class="field__item">Scottish Government</div> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span lang="" about="/user/18" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Stephen Richard</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden">Sat, 05/11/2022 - 12:04</span> <div class="field field--name-field-publisher field--type-string field--label-inline"> <div class="field__label">Publisher: </div> <div class="field__item">Scottish Government</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-alternative-published-date field--type-string field--label-inline"> <div class="field__label">Alternative Published Date</div> <div class="field__item">2022</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-category field--type-entity-reference field--label-inline"> <div class="field__label">Category: </div> <div class='field__items'> <div class="field__item"><a href="/category/education" hreflang="en">Education</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/76" hreflang="en">Poverty</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-type field--type-string field--label-inline"> <div class="field__label">Type of Resource: </div> <div class="field__item">Report</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-length field--type-string field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Length (Pages, words, minutes etc...)</div> <div class="field__item">24pp</div> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="flag.link_builder:build" arguments="0=node&amp;1=875&amp;2=like_content" token="P4Znfdkwef-Tln2pZWlGZJVjZ9Zsrtq4eEXkjpFZcDE"></drupal-render-placeholder> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Fast Facts</div> <div class="field__item"><p>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</p></div> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-precis field--type-text-long field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">More details</div> <div class="field__item"><p>This strategy sets out the broad terms of Scottish Government’s approach to evaluating the Attainment Scotland Fund during this parliamentary term. It has been designed following the refresh of the Scottish Attainment Challenge, launched in March 2022, with its new Mission</p></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-resource-url field--type-link field--label-inline"> <div class="field__label">Full Document (link)</div> <div class='field__items'> <div class="field__item"><a href="https://www.gov.scot/binaries/content/documents/govscot/publications/research-and-analysis/2022/11/evaluation-strategy-attainment-scotland-fund-2022-2026/documents/evaluation-strategy-attainment-scotland-fund-2022-2026/evaluation-strategy-attainment-scotland-fund-2022-2026/govscot%3Adocument/evaluation-strategy-attainment-scotland-fund-2022-2026.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.scot/binaries/content/documents/govscot/publications/research-a…</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-keywords field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Keywords</div> <div class='field__items'> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/700" hreflang="en">Early years education</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/791" hreflang="en">Child poverty</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/329" hreflang="en">Educational attainment gap</a></div> </div> </div> <div id="field-language-display"> <fieldset class="js-form-item js-form-type-item form-type-item js-form-item- form-item- form-group"> <label>Language</label> English </fieldset> </div> Sat, 05 Nov 2022 12:04:57 +0000 Stephen Richard 875 at https://indylibrary.scot Children Shouldn't be Hungry https://indylibrary.scot/children-shouldnt-be-hungry <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Children Shouldn&#039;t be Hungry</span> <div class="field field--name-field-author-or-creator field--type-string field--label-inline"> <div class="field__label">Primary Author or Creator:</div> <div class="field__item">Robin McAlpine</div> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span lang="" about="/user/18" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Stephen Richard</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden">Sun, 25/09/2022 - 07:17</span> <div class="field field--name-field-publisher field--type-string field--label-inline"> <div class="field__label">Publisher: </div> <div class="field__item">Common Weal</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-alternative-published-date field--type-string field--label-inline"> <div class="field__label">Alternative Published Date</div> <div class="field__item">2022</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-category field--type-entity-reference field--label-inline"> <div class="field__label">Category: </div> <div class='field__items'> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/76" hreflang="en">Poverty</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-type field--type-string field--label-inline"> <div class="field__label">Type of Resource: </div> <div class="field__item">Opinion</div> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="flag.link_builder:build" arguments="0=node&amp;1=767&amp;2=like_content" token="Qwf1RAVAzvB4tNgiyTrdKa6xL1ibgTxFp2-17Ow6c8M"></drupal-render-placeholder> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Fast Facts</div> <div class="field__item"><p>In Scotland, a thousand children a year are hospitalised because of malnutrition. </p></div> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-precis field--type-text-long field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">More details</div> <div class="field__item"><p>We are plagued by some of Europe’s worst indicators of poverty.  The highest drug deaths. Nearly the highest alcohol deaths. The highest prison population outside of former Soviet countries. Falling life expectancy. One in four children growing up in poverty and rising. But we do next to nothing about it.</p> <p>Throughout history, when societies fail there is no-one who suffers more than children and no-one who less deserves to suffer than children. In Scotland we live in between the clash of the almost sociopathic nature of our politics, the truly sociopathic economics that plague us and the brutal, brutal reality of the little frail bodies of children.</p> <p>Scottish society wilfully chooses for these kids to be in hospital literally starving to death. When we decide not to act we choose it. When the politicians decide not to act, and we accept it, we choose it. When the media reports, then forgets and moves on, we choose it. So ask yourself; what kind of people are we if this is what we choose?</p></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-resource-url field--type-link field--label-inline"> <div class="field__label">Full Document (link)</div> <div class='field__items'> <div class="field__item"><a href="https://commonweal.scot/children-shouldnt-be-hungry/?vgo_ee=8Zmi9W73mT233ny9vanDDnA1PzbnxMyvq/V%2BZNjxc3U%3D" target="_blank">https://commonweal.scot/children-shouldnt-be-hungry/?vgo_ee=8Zmi9W73mT233ny9van…</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-keywords field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Keywords</div> <div class='field__items'> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/791" hreflang="en">Child poverty</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/358" hreflang="en">Food poverty</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/533" hreflang="en">Poverty</a></div> </div> </div> <div id="field-language-display"> <fieldset class="js-form-item js-form-type-item form-type-item js-form-item- form-item- form-group"> <label>Language</label> English </fieldset> </div> Sun, 25 Sep 2022 06:17:31 +0000 Stephen Richard 767 at https://indylibrary.scot Inequality in Scotland: despite Nordic aspirations, things are not improving https://indylibrary.scot/inequality-in-scotland-despite-nordic-aspirations-things-are-not-improving <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Inequality in Scotland: despite Nordic aspirations, things are not improving</span> <div class="field field--name-field-author-or-creator field--type-string field--label-inline"> <div class="field__label">Primary Author or Creator:</div> <div class="field__item">Gwilym Pryce</div> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span lang="" about="/user/18" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Stephen Richard</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden">Sun, 19/12/2021 - 13:52</span> <div class="field field--name-field-additional-author-s-creato field--type-string field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Additional Author(s) / Creators</div> <div class="field__item">Meng Le Zhang</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-publisher field--type-string field--label-inline"> <div class="field__label">Publisher: </div> <div class="field__item">The Conversation</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-date-published field--type-datetime field--label-inline"> <div class="field__label">Date Published: </div> <div class="field__item"><time datetime="2018-11-07T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">07/11/18</time> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-category field--type-entity-reference field--label-inline"> <div class="field__label">Category: </div> <div class='field__items'> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/76" hreflang="en">Poverty</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-type field--type-string field--label-inline"> <div class="field__label">Type of Resource: </div> <div class="field__item">Article</div> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="flag.link_builder:build" arguments="0=node&amp;1=538&amp;2=like_content" token="z61ap-C1JcHbtTrbFg8shKTAAJPVFGmUBWo7gZfVWe8"></drupal-render-placeholder> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Fast Facts</div> <div class="field__item"><p>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.</p></div> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-precis field--type-text-long field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">More details</div> <div class="field__item"><p>But inequality is not just about income. The experience of inequality is driven by a whole range of factors that affect well-being over a lifetime, including access to employment, the quality of the environment and exposure to crime, among other things. </p> <p>Inequality in exposure to crime has fallen in England... There is no significant change in Scotland.</p> <p>Environmental inequality in England has fallen between 2008 and 2018, but remained much the same in Scotland.  This has led to both having similar levels of inequality.</p> <p>So, despite the political rhetoric and aspiration, there is no clear evidence as yet that trends in inequality in Scotland are improving compared to England. In fact, for some measures, things have been improving more in England than in Scotland. One reason for this is the fall in the concentration of poverty in inner cities, partly due to gentrification. This may have helped reduce the inequality in exposure to <a href="https://www.police.uk/west-midlands/BW01/crime/">crime</a> and air pollution, which tend to be higher near the centre of cities, particularly in <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-42566393">larger cities in England</a>.</p> <p>All this raises some tricky questions for the next 20 years of devolution. What does Scotland need to do to reduce inequality to the levels of the Nordic countries? In 1999, the Scottish parliament was given the <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-35866776">powers</a> to raise (or lower) income tax by up to three pence in the pound. Even if there is the political will to implement a full three pence rise in income tax, would it be enough to make any significant progress? Or will other factors, such as the <a href="https://theconversation.com/poverty-is-moving-to-the-suburbs-the-question-is-what-to-do-about-it-35986">suburbanisation of poverty</a> – where poorer people are pushed out to the periphery of cities – dominate the experience of inequality?</p> <p>It seems likely that more radical changes, such as significant redistribution of income, <a href="http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/businessreview/2018/03/03/a-new-definition-of-economic-democracy-and-what-it-means-for-inequality/">labour market reforms</a> and major investment in deprived areas, would be needed to bring Scottish inequality close to Nordic levels. But is there really an appetite for such reform? And then there’s the trickiest question of all: is the only realistic way for Scotland to pursue the Nordic nirvana to become fully independent?</p></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-resource-url field--type-link field--label-inline"> <div class="field__label">Full Document (link)</div> <div class='field__items'> <div class="field__item"><a href="https://theconversation.com/inequality-in-scotland-despite-nordic-aspirations-things-are-not-improving-105307" target="_blank">https://theconversation.com/inequality-in-scotland-despite-nordic-aspirations-t…</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-keywords field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Keywords</div> <div class='field__items'> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/638" hreflang="en">Economic inequality</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/595" hreflang="en">wealth distribution</a></div> </div> </div> <div id="field-language-display"> <fieldset class="js-form-item js-form-type-item form-type-item js-form-item- form-item- form-group"> <label>Language</label> English </fieldset> </div> Sun, 19 Dec 2021 13:52:17 +0000 Stephen Richard 538 at https://indylibrary.scot One in five people in Scotland now live in poverty – here’s what’s being done to tackle it https://indylibrary.scot/one-in-five-people-in-scotland-now-live-in-poverty-heres-whats-being-done-to-tackle-it <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">One in five people in Scotland now live in poverty – here’s what’s being done to tackle it</span> <div class="field field--name-field-author-or-creator field--type-string field--label-inline"> <div class="field__label">Primary Author or Creator:</div> <div class="field__item">John H McKendrick</div> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span lang="" about="/user/18" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Stephen Richard</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden">Sun, 19/12/2021 - 13:45</span> <div class="field field--name-field-publisher field--type-string field--label-inline"> <div class="field__label">Publisher: </div> <div class="field__item">The Conversation</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-date-published field--type-datetime field--label-inline"> <div class="field__label">Date Published: </div> <div class="field__item"><time datetime="2018-04-05T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">05/04/18</time> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-category field--type-entity-reference field--label-inline"> <div class="field__label">Category: </div> <div class='field__items'> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/76" hreflang="en">Poverty</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-type field--type-string field--label-inline"> <div class="field__label">Type of Resource: </div> <div class="field__item">Article</div> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="flag.link_builder:build" arguments="0=node&amp;1=537&amp;2=like_content" token="1ebfPqex8-dfJoh9msfmw7bO0Z40m_G70nXkJu7RAkQ"></drupal-render-placeholder> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Fast Facts</div> <div class="field__item"><p>T<a href="http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Social-Welfare/IncomePoverty">he latest estimate</a> (2018) is that one million people in Scotland are living in <a href="https://www.economicshelp.org/blog/glossary/definition-of-absolute-and-relative-poverty/">relative</a> poverty – that is, after housing costs, they are left with a household income that is below 60% of the national median.</p></div> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-precis field--type-text-long field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">More details</div> <div class="field__item"><p>The upside about the one million living in poverty in Scotland is that the country is actively doing something about it. Reducing poverty is not being left to the fanciful notion that a growing economy will cascade financial well-being throughout the land – or the equivalent myth that increasing poverty must be accepted as a fact of life when the economic climate is tough.</p> <p>The <a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2017/6/contents/enacted">Child Poverty (Scotland) Act</a> received royal assent on December 18, 2017. Not so much an early Christmas present for Scotland’s children, but more advance notice of one to come by 2030 when child poverty in Scotland is to be eradicated. Sound familiar? It should.</p> <p>In advance of this Scottish Act being passed, a <a href="https://povertyinequality.scot/what-we-do/">Poverty and Inequality Commission</a> had already been established. It recently advised the Scottish government that making social security live up to its name, making work pay and reducing housing costs to the least well-off should be the key ingredients of a child poverty strategy. At the same time, it argued that steps to bolster the quality of life of children living with poverty should not be overlooked in the quest to reduce the numbers.</p> <p>The Scottish government responded with <a href="http://www.gov.scot/Publications/2018/03/4093">Every Child, Every Chance</a>, its first delivery plan for 2018-2022, working toward achieving the 2030 goal of eradicating child poverty in Scotland. New action on work and earnings, reducing the cost of living, social security and new forms of partnership working are all outlined in a comprehensive programme.</p> <p>Poverty is never anything to celebrate. But at least good news can be found in those who want to take progressive and proactive steps to tackle it in Scotland.</p></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-resource-url field--type-link field--label-inline"> <div class="field__label">Full Document (link)</div> <div class='field__items'> <div class="field__item"><a href="https://theconversation.com/one-in-five-people-in-scotland-now-live-in-poverty-heres-whats-being-done-to-tackle-it-94453" target="_blank">https://theconversation.com/one-in-five-people-in-scotland-now-live-in-poverty-…</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-keywords field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Keywords</div> <div class='field__items'> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/791" hreflang="en">Child poverty</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/618" hreflang="en">Income inequality</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/595" hreflang="en">wealth distribution</a></div> </div> </div> <div id="field-language-display"> <fieldset class="js-form-item js-form-type-item form-type-item js-form-item- form-item- form-group"> <label>Language</label> English </fieldset> </div> Sun, 19 Dec 2021 13:45:01 +0000 Stephen Richard 537 at https://indylibrary.scot