Publications

Poverty & Inequality Commission Child Poverty Scrutiny Report 2021-22

June 2022 The Poverty and Inequality Commission has published its Child Poverty Scrutiny Report 2021-22. The report sets out the Commission’s comments on Scottish Government’s progress towards meeting the child poverty targets. It was prepared for the Scottish Government in May 2022, in order to inform the Scottish Government’s child…

Letter to the Scottish Commission on Social Security – Scottish Child Payment and Best Start

June 2022 A letter from the Poverty and Inequality Commission to Dr Witcher, Scottish Commission on Social Security on Best Start Food, Best Start Grants and the Scottish Child Payment (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2022. Read the letter to the Scottish Commission on Social Security (June 2022)…

Response to Draft Rented Sector Strategy Consultation

April 2022 The Commission responded to the Draft Rented Sector Strategy Consultation, drawing primarily on discussions with the Commission’s Experts by Experience Panel. Read the Commission’s response to the Rented Sector Strategy (April 2022)…

Response to Scottish Government Resource Spending Review Consultation

March 2022 The Poverty and Inequality Commission responded to the Scottish Government’s consultation on its Resource Spending Review Framework. Read the Commission’s response to the Resource Spending Review Framework Consultation (March 2022) …

Response to the Low Income Winter Heating Assistance (LIWHA) Consultation

February 2022 The Poverty and Inequality Commission responded to a consultation on the Scottish Government’s Low Income Winter Heating Assistance. Read the Commission’s response to the LIWHA consultation (February 2022)…

Letter to the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and the Economy

February 2022 The Commission wrote to the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and the Economy on the cost of living crisis and how consequential funding could be used to alleviate the crisis. Read the Commission’s letter to the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and the Economy (February 2022)…

Advice on the Scottish Government’s Child Poverty Delivery Plan 2022-2026

January 2022 The Poverty and Inequality Commission has published its advice to the Scottish Government on its Child Poverty Delivery Plan 2022-26. The report tells Scottish Government that they will have to use all levers available to it to end child poverty and the actions that should be included in…

Good jobs in Scotland

January 2022 Learning and Work Institute were commissioned to review the evidence and provide advice and recommendations on how the Scottish Government can support the creation of more ‘good jobs’ that reduce child poverty. This was done to inform the Commission’s advice to the Scottish Government for its next Child…

Response to COVID-19 Inquiry Aims and Principles

October 2021 The Poverty and Inequality Commission responded to a request for comment on the Aims and Principles of the Scottish COVID-19 Inquiry on the handling of the pandemic. Read the Commission’s response on the Aims and Principles of the Inquiry (October 2021)…

Letter to the Chancellor of the Exchequer from the Poverty and Inequality Commission

July 2021 The Poverty and Inequality Commission wrote to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak MP, to urge him to not to withdraw the £20-a-week Universal Credit uplift. Read the Commission’s letter to the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the £20 Universal Credit uplift (July 2021)…

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