MILLIONS of pounds that had been earmarked to offset the two-child benefit cap in Scotland will now be spent on tackling ...

SNP ministers must tackle child poverty “at its root” and accept a new spending plan aimed at training unemployed and ...

Scotland may soon make all period products available for free. Scottish Parliament approved Tuesday the first stage of the plan, which they say can help end "period poverty." The plan would make ...

Starting Monday, people in Scotland will be able to get period products for free. The new government initiative is a massive step forward and world first in tackling period poverty. Under the new law, ...

A charity has warned scrapping the two-child benefit limit is 'not enough' to meet Scotland’s child poverty targets ahead of the Holyrood ...

The level of child poverty in Scotland is "largely the same" as it was four years ago despite an SNP Government commitment to reduce it. The Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) warned today a target to ...

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John H McKendrick receives funding from Scottish Government. As part of the Scottish Government Delivery Plan to tackle child poverty 2018-2022, the research unit of which John is part will receive ...

Edinburgh — For half of the world's population, sanitary products are a necessity. With costs soaring to $11 per month, for many women, these items have become a luxury. But a social enterprise called ...