Big Issue sat down with Scottish social justice secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville as she called for Westminster to act on ...

The Scottish government has dropped legislation for greener heating systems in homes and businesses for the second time this ...

Housing and energy campaigners have warned that Scotland risks falling behind on climate and fuel poverty targets after the ...

The UK and Scottish governments must take urgent action to tackle unprecedented levels of hardship facing Scotland’s social ...

Glasgow actor Peter Capaldi has backed The Herald's child poverty campaign after it was shortlisted for a media industry award.

The Scottish Government has announced funding which will go to local councils for strategic approaches to closing the poverty-related attainment gap.

More than a third of women face poverty in retirement, according to a new report, as the gender pension gap widens.

Subject to parliamentary approval, the Scottish Government plans to mitigate the two-child limit from March next year. Introducing a two-child limit payment, eligible recipients will receive £292.81 a ...

Thick of It star Peter Capaldi has praised The Herald's Rebecca McCurdy for her searing personal account of poverty, as he encouraged readers to back our campaign for a hike in the Scottish Child ...

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." ...

The report, Dying in Poverty 2025, showed that every year in Scotland the equivalent of one in four working-age people and ...

Anas Sarwar has demanded the UK Government finally axes the two-child cap on benefits when Rachel Reeves announces her Budget ...