Radical change needed to cut Scottish child poverty, says charity

The Joseph Rowntree Foundation says Scotland is on course to miss legally-binding poverty targets "by a wide margin".
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The Housing Shortage Is a Major Driver of Poverty

Housing costs are usually the largest item in a household’s budget and can determine a family’s financial stability.

Hygiene poverty at tipping point, charity warns

Rosemary Ashworth, deputy chief executive of The Hygiene Bank, told BBC Radio Surrey the "face" of hygiene poverty had changed and it was affecting people who previously felt financially secure.
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'Radical change' needed to eradicate child poverty in Scotland, charity warns

RADICAL change is needed to cut the number of children in poverty, a new report has warned, as the Scottish Government looks set to miss legally binding targets on the issue “by miles” ...
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How Denmark’s gold-standard disability pension could work in the UK

As ministers consider welfare reforms, countries such as Denmark could serve as inspiration ...

Pamela Atkinson, who spoke out for Utah children and people in poverty, dies

Pamela Atkinson, a tireless advocate and organizer for Utahns who needed help — children, the elderly and people dealing with ...

Scottish Child Payment: Labour pressed over poverty assessment

The SNP has challenged Labour after ministers confirmed no comparative assessment of child poverty trends has been carried out since the Scottish Child Payment was introduced.

Rising living costs have plunged the UK into a hygiene poverty crisis, research reveals

THE UK is experiencing a hygiene poverty crisis due to rising living costs, according to new research. Two in five (41%) UK ...

Millions of Britons 'avoid seeing friends' due to hygiene poverty

Nearly a fifth of UK adults said their household had gone without hygiene products such as toilet roll and deodorant.

Scottish government on course to miss child poverty targets, charity warns

The Joseph Rowntree Foundation review warned the Scottish government not to "move the goalposts" of its child poverty targets ...

Almost half of people in hygiene poverty have gone without toilet roll

UK hygiene poverty crisis deepens as millions skip deodorant and toilet roll, survey finds - Hygiene povert is defined as an ...

From Challenge Poverty Week to challenging poverty in action

Challenge Poverty weeks brings into focus not just the hardship that people are forced to endure, but the solutions available ...