Collating case studies and evidence to demonstrate the impact of changes in the social security system on the wellbeing of children, their families and the communities and services that support them.
Poverty stops children and young people from achieving their potential at school. We need to invest in social security to solve this, but schools also have a vital role to play.
This book brings together contributions from leading experts, academics and practitioners to set out how various policy tools, from public finance, economic development and social care to social security, employment and transport can now be utilised to ensure the ambition of a Scotland free of poverty is realised.
To reverse the increases in child poverty caused by cuts to working-age benefits and tax credits, the next government will need to increase tax revenue. Published to influence the thinking about the best way of doing this, the contributors explore our current tax system with its various direct and indirect taxes, and propose a strategy for reform.
