June 2024 The Poverty and Inequality Commission’s Annual Report covers the period from 1 April 2023 until 31 March 2024.  It looks back at the work the Commission has carried out in the last 12 months, how it aligns with the Commission’s strategic priorities, and how the Commission has spent…

4 June 2024 The Poverty and Inequality Commission has published its Child Poverty Scrutiny Report 2023-24. The report sets out the Commission’s view on progress in 2023-24 towards meeting Scotland’s statutory child poverty targets. Download Child Poverty Scrutiny Report 2023-24 Executive Summary (pdf, 1.27MB) Download the full Child Poverty Scrutiny …

The Poverty and Inequality Commission has published its Biodiversity report for 2021-2023. Under the Nature Conservation (Scotland) Act 2004, all public bodies in Scotland are under a statutory duty to further the conservation of biodiversity when carrying out their responsibilities. Public bodies are required to report every three years on…

22 December 2023 In August 2021, the Commission established its first Experts by Experience Panel made up of 19 people from across Scotland with lived experience of poverty. The Panel was developed to embed participation in the work of the Commission and to ensure that those with lived experience of…

December 2023 The Poverty and Inequality Commission recognises that taking an intersectional approach is critical in tackling poverty and inequality in Scotland. Many of those who are in deepest poverty will experience overlapping discrimination and intersecting inequalities, and by trying to understand and respond to their experiences and needs we…