Swinney: Eradicating child poverty ‘ever more difficult’ because of Labour

Swinney: Eradicating child poverty ‘ever more difficult’ because of Labour

The First Minister said he could not ‘fathom’ how Labour lived with itself after making billions in cuts to the benefits budget.

Poverty and hunger costs the UK economy £75.6 billion a year, landmark report finds

The fact that people are facing hunger and hardship cost the UK economy, public finances and public services at least £75.6 billion in 2022/23, according to a new report from the Trussell Trust. Hunger: uncivil and economically backwards The charity broke down the figure. £38.2 billion is from the loss of productivity and employment, most prominently because people undergoing hunger and hardship are ‘scarred’ by the experience, whereby it’s more…

If Labour will not tackle child poverty, who will?

WHAT is this Labour Government for? The party’s dire results in the local elections have shown that dancing to Nigel Farage’s tune is an error, not least because it does not work. Rather, this government needs to forge its own authentic course. Th...

Child poverty rates are rising in Greater Manchester - The Meteor

What Jane* wants most is to be able to give her daughter a treat. “My daughter is five and it could be something as simple as her asking to go to the shop and get an ice cream, and I feel like a bad parent because I have to say ‘No, mummy’s got no pennies’.” Even the pennies have been spent on meeting her family’s basic needs, scraping together 2p and 5p coins to buy a bag of potatoes. The £1400 a month she gets through Universal Credit is just …

Why is this ‘leading charity head’ not attacking the real target, the real cause of child poverty across the UK?

Professor John Robertson OBA On Friday 24th March 2024, Aberlour hosted an event for Debt Awareness Week – ‘Giving with One Hand, Taking Away with the Other’ – to highlight the impact of public debt on low income families and the role it plays in trapping families in poverty. We finished the day with a discussion featuring our expert panel, which included Dr Jim McCormick (CEO, The Robertson Trust), Emma Jackson (National Director Scotland, Chri…