The percentage of households falling below society’s minimum standard of living has increased from 14% to 33% over the last 30 years, despite the size of the economy doubling. This
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The cost of bringing up children has soared in the last year, leaving families on the minimum wage 18 per cent short of the basic amount needed to live on.
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Funding designed to tackle food poverty has been allocated to 26 projects across Scotland, Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced today. According to the Trussell Trust, the number of people
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The government published its child poverty strategy for 2014-17. It said that good progress had been made in many areas to date and that the government remained committed to the
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A report examined the educational trajectories of children from disadvantaged backgrounds. It said children in this group were far less likely to become ‘high achievers’ at any stage, and that
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More must be done to help children from poor backgrounds convert early promise into continued academic success, according to a new report. Disadvantaged children who start out as high attainers
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Measures should be taken to cut the number of low-paid workers by a million to end the “national scandal” of poverty, according to a new report. A year-long study by
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A poverty action group said people were being blamed for being poor and much of the cash being spent to help was failing to reach those who needed it most.
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The percentage of households that fall below society’s minimum standard of living has increased sharply over the last 30 years, despite the size of the economy doubling, experts say. Researchers
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Thousands of the country’s most disadvantaged children, young people and families will benefit from £15 million of new funding over the next year, the Scottish Government has announced. It will
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