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"People living on low incomes can't once again pay the price for these financial decisions." That's the message from The Poverty Alliance following new figures released by The Trussell Trust this morning. They revealed that 70,000 Scots living on Universal Credit have reported not

Children’s Commissioner Nicola Killean warns @ScotGov's Programme for Government fails to address systemic problems in education, risking children’s rights & undermining its efforts to tackle child poverty. Statement: bit.ly/3Z5Pooy

Warm words must lead to strong action on poverty. Our Peter Kelly on the Scottish Government Programme for Government. #ScotPfG povertyalliance.org/news-warm-word…

Today the First Minister unveiled his plans for the Programme for Government (PfG), setting out @ScotGov's intentions for the next year. Here's our take on what was announced 👇 (1/4)

📢Despite the scale of the existing challenges in Scotland, there was no indication in today's PfG that Scottish Government will revisit its economic strategy. The measures do not amount to the much-touted ‘renewables revolution’. Stephen Boyd responds here⤵️ ippr.org/media-office/i…

'We've been warning for quite some time that the numbers don't add up and we need to take action through our tax system' Jamie Livingstone speaking to BBC Radio Scotland earlier ⬇️ Without action on tax, today's Programme for Government risks being nothing but half empty promises.

Is math gu bheil First Minister a' bruidhinn cho soilleir mun a bhith a' cur às le bochdainn-cloinne an Alba, ach mar a mhìnich Daibhidh Eyre againn do BBC Radio nan Gàidheal - tha tòrr a bharrachd obrach a dhìth gus sin a choileanadh #Gàidhlig #ScotPfG

📢 Calling all Scottish Parliament MSPs and staffers! Join our special Challenge Poverty Week drop-in this afternoon to hear how you can get involved in #ChallengePoverty Week. 🕐1pm. The Burns Room (Committee Room 1) #CPW24

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Our CEO Nicky Reid is now joined by VASLan South Lanarkshire's Third Sector Interface CEO Steven Sweeney, Ruth Boyle who is Policy and Campaigns Manager The Poverty Alliance, and Jillian Gibson from COSLA. They’re chatting to delegates about how football can be policy shaping, not policy chasing. #PoweringForward ⚡️

BREAKING NEWS: Aberdeen City Council has declared a #HousingEmergency. This declaration isn't the end, but it marks the beginning of a process we hope helps drive the city towards tackling the housing emergency for the people of Aberdeen.

Today Scottish Government has published a draft new climate law, to officially ditch key climate targets. Instead of being focused on fairly cutting emissions, Scottish Government is cutting green budgets and moving the climate goalposts because of inadequate climate action: bit.ly/3zaVVnh

..and what is this Gov going to do about this?" Watch First Minister's response here: ⬇️ [NO mention of the Bill] but shout out to .Glasgow Disability Alliance] scottishparliament.tv/meeting/meetin…

"With years of static funding, an inability to keep pace with public sector pay and constant inability to plan because of a lack of Fair Funding, it does feel like we’ve reached a crisis point." After Scottish Government's Programme for Government, @SCVOtweet chief executive Anna Fowlie 🕷

MSPs in the @scotparl got a briefing paper from us today, in advance of a #ScotPfG debate on the injustice of child poverty. 👇We're calling for a range of bold, immediate actions that work together and are transformative in scale. povertyalliance.org/briefing-progr…

First minister draws fire from across the charity sector over new Programme for Government okt.to/tlRnHT Oxfam Scotland The Poverty Alliance

Many thanks to all the MSPs who came along to our #ChallengePoverty Week drop-in session today. And especially to Beatrice Wishart MSP who sponsored the event in @scotparl.

BBC News - SNP policies will not 'move dial' on child poverty - charity bbc.com/news/articles/…

👏Living Wage employers point the way towards a just wellbeing economy. The Living Wage Scotland Awards 2024 are our chance to celebrate them. 👇Just one week until nominations close! scottishlivingwage.org/lws-awards/

As Maggie Chapman MSP rightly says - leaving people in poverty is a breach of their human rights. That's why it's wrong that a #HumanRights Bill wasn't in this week's #ScotPfG - as we asked for along with more than 100 other charities and campaign groups. povertyalliance.org/programme-for-…