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Challenge Poverty Week is being supported by charities, councils, individuals and politicians across the country. (Poverty Alliance)

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One in ten Scots are in 'very deep poverty', according to the Joseph Rowntree Foundation

Half a million people in 'very deep poverty' in Scotland, charity warns

Scotland's lack of think tank scrutiny is leading to weak policies John McLaren

Raising the value of benefits would have been preferable to sending out a string of lump sum cost of living payments to households, according to a leading UK economics thinktank which has dubbed the sporadic cash boosts an “ineffective sticking plaster”.

Cost of living payments are ‘ineffective sticking plaster’, warns IFS

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Businesses that enhance our lives should be the focus of government support

UK Government's cost of living crisis puts squeeze on NHS Grampian says MSP

A protestor makes a point about fuel poverty outside Downing Street (Picture: Daniel Leal/AFP via Getty Images)

Scotland’s poverty problem is unlikely to see major change soon – John McLaren

Approximately 460,000 people in Scotland were living in very deep poverty between 2017 and 2020, according to the research. Picture: John Devlin

Number of Scots living in 'very deep' poverty up almost 50 per cent

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Cold homes scandal should shame Scotland into action – Scotsman comment

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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

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

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

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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

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.

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

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Rowntree housing proposal is not to my taste - David Alexander

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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”

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

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 have lives 'blighted by hardship'

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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)

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)

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

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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

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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 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

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 warns not extending Universal Credit will put children in poverty

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.

Universal Credit: will benefits be cut in April 2021?

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Better pay for carers is healthier option

The rising cost of food has hit household budgets. Picture: TSPL

Single parents ‘need £25k just to survive’

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340k Scots families don’t have enough to live on

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Council tax freeze ‘worsens’ austerity for poor

Benefit reforms will ‘increase poverty substantially’, report claims

Welfare reforms slated by think-tank

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Millions of children live in poverty despite their parents working

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