Family support in Scotland

A report examined whole-family support in Scotland for families facing multiple disadvantage. It said that their lives were often complex and that the best services worked with that complexity, but policy, such as the ‘spare room subsidy’, often worked against it. The report made multiple recommendations for policy makers, including greater support for full time carers, support to ensure that benefits entitlements were claimed, and the abolition of the ‘spare room subsidy’.