Shirley-Anne Somerville has defended the Scottish Government's action on tackling child poverty as projections suggest targets will be ...

Social justice secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville described the plan as a ‘catalyst’ to bring poverty rates down ...

The campaign comes as the Sunday Mail back recommendations from watchdog Consumer Scotland that would provide eligible people ...

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This figure is a projection from the Scottish Government on the impact of various measures to tackle child poverty. The Scottish Child Payment itself is estimated to keep 60,000 children out of ...

First Minister John Swinney during an interview with the Press Association at the Scottish Parliament in Holyrood, Edinburgh. (Image: Jane Barlow) John Swinney has said voters will be able to judge ...

Gordon Brown has warned child poverty in his former Fife constituency is getting "worse everyday" as he urged the UK Government to finally end the two-child cap on benefits. The former prime minister ...

Twenty years ago, my Labour predecessor Jack McConnell set up what is now the Scottish Government International Development Programme. It was at the height of the Make Poverty History campaign. And ...

The SNP government is committed to tackling child poverty but debt collection by public bodies can be more aggressive than in ...

In a just and compassionate Scotland, we need a government that’s prepared to tackle the hunger, hardship and hopelessness ...