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Joseph Rowntree Foundation

David Alexander

What do we want? 700,000 new social housing properties - David Alexander

GIVE400 aims to encourage those who can afford to it to donate all or part of their £400 Energy Bills Support Scheme payment to a good cause
GIVE400 aims to encourage those who can afford to it to donate all or part of their £400 Energy Bills Support Scheme payment to a good cause

400 ways you can help this winter - Stephen Pearson & Carolyn Sawers

GIVE400.scot campaign launched to help tackle fuel poverty and cost of living crisis in Scotland
GIVE400.scot campaign launched to help tackle fuel poverty and cost of living crisis in Scotland

All we are saying is GIVE400.scot. a chance - Nick Freer

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt's budget cuts are going to make life worse for many. Picture: Rob Pinney/Getty Images
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt's budget cuts are going to make life worse for many. Picture: Rob Pinney/Getty Images

I'm worried about money and the autumn statement hasn't changed that

A child enjoying a swing. The full rollout of a benefit payment to low-income families in Scotland has been hailed as a "watershed moment". Picture: Peter Byrne/PA Wire
A child enjoying a swing. The full rollout of a benefit payment to low-income families in Scotland has been hailed as a "watershed moment". Picture: Peter Byrne/PA Wire

Scottish Child Payment roll-out granted 'watershed moment' by think-tank

Nearly one in five households on low incomes in Scotland have gone both hungry and cold this year.
Nearly one in five households on low incomes in Scotland have gone both hungry and cold this year.

Scottish poverty report paints ‘bleak picture’ of society in crisis

David Alexander is chief executive officer of DJ Alexander​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
David Alexander is chief executive officer of DJ Alexander​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Rowntree housing proposal is not to my taste - David Alexander

Smart Data Foundry has already got five financial services companies to enter into data-sharing partnerships – NatWest Group, Equifax, Sage Group, Moneyhub and FreeAgent.
Smart Data Foundry has already got five financial services companies to enter into data-sharing partnerships – NatWest Group, Equifax, Sage Group, Moneyhub and FreeAgent.

Ad Feature Unlock data potential for social good

Finance Secretary Kate Forbes arrives for the Stage 3 Debate: Scottish Budget 2022-23 at the Scottish Parliament Holyrood Edinburgh. Picture date: Thursday February 10, 2022. PA Photo. See PA story POLITICS Scotland.Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/PA Wire
Finance Secretary Kate Forbes arrives for the Stage 3 Debate: Scottish Budget 2022-23 at the Scottish Parliament Holyrood Edinburgh. Picture date: Thursday February 10, 2022. PA Photo. See PA story POLITICS Scotland.Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/PA Wire

Finance secretary says more needs to be done to tackle cost of living crisis

Jamie Stone accused the UK Government of “refusing to act on the energy crisis”
Jamie Stone accused the UK Government of “refusing to act on the energy crisis”

Lib Dem MP accuses UK Government of ‘refusing to act’ on energy crisis

People in low income households are falling behind on bill payments. Picture: PA
People in low income households are falling behind on bill payments. Picture: PA

Low-income households in Scotland falling behind on bill payments

Tens of thousands of children will be hit by poverty due to missed government targets, a new report has warned
Tens of thousands of children will be hit by poverty due to missed government targets, a new report has warned

Tens of thousands of children will have lives 'blighted by hardship'

Food banks have become increasingly necessary since the 2008 financial crash (Picture: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
Food banks have become increasingly necessary since the 2008 financial crash (Picture: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Why Universal Credit cut should be scrapped – Scotsman comment

Six former Conservative Work and Pensions Secretaries have urged Rishi Sunak not to cut Universal Credit (Picture: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)
Six former Conservative Work and Pensions Secretaries have urged Rishi Sunak not to cut Universal Credit (Picture: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Universal Credit cut raises questions about in-work poverty – Scotsman says

The UK could face a wave of unemployment when government support introduced during the Covid pandemic is withdrawn at the end of September (Picture: Philip Toscano/PA)
The UK could face a wave of unemployment when government support introduced during the Covid pandemic is withdrawn at the end of September (Picture: Philip Toscano/PA)

Economic storm risks blighting the lives of a generation – Christine Jardine MP

Iain Duncan Smith is one of six former Tory Social Security Secretaries who have called for the Universal Credit top-up to be continued (Picture: Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP via Getty Images)
Iain Duncan Smith is one of six former Tory Social Security Secretaries who have called for the Universal Credit top-up to be continued (Picture: Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP via Getty Images)

Why cutting Universal Credit making little economic sense – Brian Wilson

Glasgow central is one of the constituencies principally affected by the Universal Credit cut. Picture: John Devlin
Glasgow central is one of the constituencies principally affected by the Universal Credit cut. Picture: John Devlin

Glasgow with three constituencies hardest hit by Universal Credit cut, study sho...

In a report published today, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation warned that without increasing the weekly payment to £20 per family, there was no “credible” way for the Scottish Government to meet its goal of having just 18 per cent of children living in relative poverty by the end of 2024. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)
In a report published today, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation warned that without increasing the weekly payment to £20 per family, there was no “credible” way for the Scottish Government to meet its goal of having just 18 per cent of children living in relative poverty by the end of 2024. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Scottish Child Payment must be doubled amid ‘huge harm’ of pandemic, report says

Poverty is high on the list of Scottish voters' priorities according to the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
Poverty is high on the list of Scottish voters' priorities according to the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.

Poverty high on voters' priority list, according to new poll

More than 77,000 applications have been received for the new Scottish Child Payment. Picture: Getty
More than 77,000 applications have been received for the new Scottish Child Payment. Picture: Getty

New benefit won't stop Scotland falling short of child poverty target

Ian Blackford has urged Boris Johnson to extend the Universal Credit uplift or face leaving “millions of children” in poverty.
Ian Blackford has urged Boris Johnson to extend the Universal Credit uplift or face leaving “millions of children” in poverty.

Ian Blackford warns not extending Universal Credit will put children in poverty

The SNP have urged the Government to extend the Universal Credit increase
The SNP have urged the Government to extend the Universal Credit increase

UK Government urged to rethink decision to scrap Universal Credit increase

The hike in payments was only introduced as a year-long measure.
The hike in payments was only introduced as a year-long measure.

Universal Credit: will benefits be cut in April 2021?

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It becomes the first ever criminal case against a former US president
It becomes the first ever criminal case against a former US president

Donald Trump ‘indicted’ and set to be first ex-president to face criminal charge

Police and security staff escort a protester from the public gallery during First Minister's Questions. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images
Police and security staff escort a protester from the public gallery during First Minister's Questions. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

Holyrood bosses announce crackdown after protesters disrupt FMQs

Forty years of Local Hero will be celebrated in Pennan in Aberdeenshire this year. Picture: Ewen Weatherspoon
Forty years of Local Hero will be celebrated in Pennan in Aberdeenshire this year. Picture: Ewen Weatherspoon

Forty years of Local Hero to be celebrated with events in north-east locations