The level of child poverty in Scotland is "largely the same" as it was four years ago despite an SNP Government commitment to reduce it. The Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) warned today a target to ...
Edinburgh — For half of the world's population, sanitary products are a necessity. With costs soaring to $11 per month, for many women, these items have become a luxury. But a social enterprise called ...
John Swinney said reducing the number of kids growing up in poverty would be his No1 priority after he became First Minister. But a worrying report out today shows Scotland is on course to miss a ...
A new report has revealed that 80,000 children in Scotland are living in “very deep poverty”. Research by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) found that overall child poverty in Scotland has fallen - ...
FREE school meals should be extended to all school pupils in Scotland as an “urgent priority” to help tackle poverty, a teaching union says. The Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS) said giving all ...
Scotland on Tuesday made sanitary products free to all women, becoming the first nation in the world to take such a step against "period poverty." ...