Poverty

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Lee Anderson: ‘myth’ those on Universal credit are in poverty

A child carries a tray with food during lunch-break at St Mary’s RC Primary School, in Battersea, south London.

Number of children in food poverty nearly doubles to four million

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Many students are experiencing serious problems trying to feed themselves (Picture: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Urgent action is needed to end student poverty and mental health crisis

A volunteer with a packing list selecting items from it for the food parcel in the food bank warehouse

All it takes is one missed paycheck and you could be using a foodbank

A woman holds a shopping basket of groceries.

Cost of living: Groceries cost could soar by £1.7bn

Supporters of the Period Products Act, which became law this week, hold a rally outside the Scottish Parliament (Picture: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire)

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The Rev Mike Goss speaks at the Assembly on fuel poverty and excess profits.

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One in four children in Scotland are growing up in poverty – and the impact this has on them is profound

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Sandy Riddell, Chair, Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland

We need to do more to end mental health inequalities - Sandy Riddell

Relentless adversity has a huge impact on people’s mental health and family relationships, creating social isolation and exclusion (Picture: John Devlin)

How we'll know if Sturgeon is serious about child poverty – Joanne Smith

Food banks have become increasingly common in recent years (Picture: Danny Lawson/PA)

Why Scotland needs a minimum income guarantee – Chris Birt

McVitie's factory in the east end of Glasgow is to close next year (Picture: AFP via Getty Images)

Why SNP are as much use as Labour's 'Feeble Fifty' of the 80s – Kenny MacAskill

Phil Trodden is an Active Communities Development Officer with Edinburgh Leisure.

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Poverty could be eradicated in Scotland within this decade according to a think tank.

Poverty 'eradicated' in a decade if minimum state income, claims report

Nicola Sturgeon, seen looking on as John Swinney speaks in the Scottish Parliament, must be held to account by a strong opposition party over issues like poverty, says Susan Dalgety (Picture: Fraser Bremner/Scottish Daily Mail/via PA)

The heartbreaking statistics that damn Sturgeon and co – Susan Dalgety

The nation joined in the clap for the NHS over the summer

The importance of gratitude - Alexander McCall Smith

Nicola Sturgeon should be forced to apologise for on a regular basis for the neglect of people most in need of the Scottish government's power to improve their life prospects (Picture: Russell Cheyne/PA)

How the SNP has wasted years neglecting those who need help most – Brian Wilson

Laura Martin, a member of One Parent Families Scotland, and her daughter Remy protest against cuts to charity funding in Glasgow's George Square (Picture: John Devlin)

Woke rebels burn Harry Potter books but say little about poverty – Susan Dalgety

The committee said that people in the UK eat the most processed food in Europe.

UK food industry is ‘barrier to healthy eating’

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220,000 children live in poverty in Scotland.

Poverty is a child protection issue

Scottish Labour leader Johann Lamont. Picture: Jane Barlow

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Nicola Sturgeon speaking to the media outside her home. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

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