05 Jul 2022 - Scottish Government
Building on the "Poverty in rural Scotland: evidence review" (December 2021), SRUC were commissioned to undertake the research project, “Improving our understanding of child poverty in rural and island Scotland”.
12 Jan 2021 - Resolution Foundation
Policy makers across the political spectrum want to improve the living standards of the UK’s poorer households. The Leader of the House of Commons recently stated that “We are committed to our manifesto pledge to reduce child poverty”, while the...
08 Feb 2013 - Policy Exchange
The Child Poverty target is underestimating the number of children living in poverty in the United Kingdom. It should be replaced with a new piece of legislation that covers both household income and social poverty factors such as whether a child...
24 Sep 2008 -
The Commissioner's views on specific aspects of the consultation are set out in her response. She comments on and welcomes a number of the proposals: Presumption against closure of rural schools; educational benefit statement; consultation with...
03 Mar 2009 - The Scottish Government
The consultation, Safeguarding our rural schools and improving school consultation procedures - proposals for changes to legislationﾒ was launched by the Scottish Government on 1 May 2008 and ran until 19 September 2008. This consultation set out...