Charities voice concern over welfare fund underspend
Charities have welcomed £9.2 million of Scottish Government grants given to people in need but noted a significant underspend in the scheme and a high number of refusals. More than
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Tag: Poverty / Austerity
£33m allocated to tackle poverty and deprivation
The first community projects to benefit from an £80 million Stormont fund to tackle deprivation have been announced – almost three years after the initiative was launched. First Minister Peter
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Scotland must tackle poverty among workless families
Scotland must get to grips with poverty among workless families if it is to reduce child poverty, according to a new report by the New Policy Institute for the Joseph
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Concern over 50% surge in foodbanks use
Charities have called for urgent action to tackle poverty after visits to foodbanks in one part of Scotland rose by more than 50% last month. There were 358 visits to
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Report shows poverty influences UK survival rates for treatable leukaemia
Patients from less affluent backgrounds have a greater chance of dying from a form of chronic blood cancer than those from more affluent areas, according to a comprehensive study carried
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New research suggests child poverty less likely in Scotland
Child poverty in Scotland fell by almost twice the level in England over a decade, new analysis in the run-up to the independence referendum has shown. The proportion of children
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Findings series 40 – Glasgow’s ‘excess’ mortality
This paper provides a summary of findings from a report which describes the collection and analysis of new data for a number of theories that have been proposed to explain
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Households on inadequate incomes increases by 20% – JRF report
New research published today by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) shows the number of households living on incomes below the level needed to afford an adequate standard of living has
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Maxed Out: Serious personal debt in Britain
Millions of people in the UK are currently struggling under the weight of their personal debt. Squeezed household budgets, the rising cost of living and a stagnant economy have pushed
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Findings series 39 – Poverty, parenting and poor health
There is a considerable amount of evidence that early years’ and childhood experiences can have profound and long-lasting consequences for health and wellbeing in later life. This briefing paper summarises
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