Child poverty strategies

Government votes down Lords' amendment to keep proper reporting on child poverty.

Read John Dickie, Director or CPAG in Scotland's response to today’s publication of the Scottish Government’s Annual Report on Child Poverty.

'Hard Choices: Reducing the need for food banks in Scotland' explores in depth the stories of six families accessing food banks in one local authority area in central Scotland. It uses them to illustrate the findings of wider UK research of which they were a part, and to discuss the implications for policy makers, services providers and employers in Scotland.

And it seems children are at the bottom of the government's list of priorities.