The Poverty and Inequality Commission says Scottish Government’s progress in tackling child poverty needs to scale up, speed up and requires significant investment Following today’s Ministerial Statement on Tackling Child Poverty Delivery Plan – Fifth Year Progress Report (2022-23), the Poverty and Inequality Commission (PIC) today releases its latest scrutiny…

Commenting on today’s release of the Scottish Government’s Poverty and Income Inequality Statistics, Bill Scott, Chair of the Poverty and Inequality Commission said: “Today’s statistics make clear the scale of the task ahead for the Scottish government to meet Scotland’s statutory child poverty targets. These figures do not give…

Poverty and Inequality Commission says Scottish Government’s progress in tackling child poverty needs to get back on track following the pandemic Following today’s Ministerial Statement on Tackling Child Poverty Delivery Plan – Fourth Year Progress Report (2021-22), the Poverty and Inequality Commission (PIC) today releases its latest report titled, ‘Child…

The Poverty and Inequality Commission’s survey on local areas’ experiences of food insecurity during the coronavirus crisis is now live.…

Bill Scott, Chair of the Poverty and Inequality Commissions responds to Scottish Government poverty statistics read here…

The Poverty and Inequality Commission writes to the Cabinet Secretary for Communities and Local Government to offer support with the current Covid-19 crisis. Download: Letter to the Cabinet Secretary for Communities and Local Government…

The Poverty and Inequality Commission have written to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions about the 5 week wait for Universal Credit. Download: Letter to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions…

Bill Scott, Chair of the Poverty and Inequality Commission, has today written to the UK and Scottish Governments to call for further action to reduce the impact of the coronavirus outbreak on people on low incomes.…

The Poverty and inequality Commission is delighted to announce Professor Morag Treanor as the Deputy Chair of the Commission read biography here.…

As part of the EIS’s activity surrounding Challenge Poverty Week 2019 they interviewed Bill Scott, Chair of the Commission find the link here to the short film: https://www.eis.org.uk/Child-Poverty/BillScott…