New school age payment launched to support low-income families in Scotland
Low-income families are now able to apply for a new benefit to help cover the costs of sending a child to school. Applications for the School Age Payment can be
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Tag: Child Poverty
Lone parents lose Supreme Court fight over ‘discriminatory’ benefit cap
Lone parents and their children have lost challenges at the UK’s highest court against the Government’s controversial benefit cap. Supreme Court justices, sitting in London on Wednesday, rejected their appeals
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Child poverty becoming ‘new normal’ and rising rapidly in major cities, study suggests
Child poverty is becoming the “new normal” in parts of the country and rising rapidly in major cities, a new study suggests. Research by the End Child Poverty coalition indicated
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New figures show ‘staggering ‘child poverty levels up to 46% in parts of Scotland
Ministers must take urgent action to deal with the “staggering levels of child poverty” that parts of Scotland are facing, campaigners have demanded. In eight of Scotland’s 32 local authorities
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Call for urgent action to tackle 2.5 million children living in ‘food insecure’ households
An independent children’s food watchdog is needed to help tackle child food insecurity in the UK, according to a report. Young people are joining actor and Children’s Future Food Inquiry
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Children from poorer backgrounds twice as likely to be unemployed
Children from poorer backgrounds are twice as likely to be out of work because of a “youth jobs gap” between rich and poor, a new study suggests. Research by charity
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Children going hungry as free school meals not offered to low-income families
Children are going hungry as free school meals are not offered to many whose parents are on a low income, a new study suggests. A report for the Child Poverty
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Sturgeon defends record despite ‘regrettable’ rise in child poverty
Nicola Sturgeon has described a rise in child poverty as “deeply regrettable” as she defended her government’s record on the issue. The First Minister argued the welfare policies of the
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Think tank warns rising child poverty risks reaching 20-year high in Scotland
Child poverty is increasing and will hit a 20-year high, pushing an extra 60,000 children into poverty, the Scottish Government has been warned. Rising levels of child poverty over the
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Scottish projects tackling child poverty to share £450,000 funding
Funding for projects aimed at tackling child poverty has been announced by the Scottish Government. The seven organisations which support families in financial difficulty across Scotland will receive a share
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