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Commission comment on Minimum Income Guarantee

Commenting on the publication of the final report by the independent Minimum Income Guarantee Expert Group, Professor Stephen Sinclair, Chair of the Poverty and Inequality Commission, said: “A fully implemented ...

Poverty and Inequality Commission scrutiny of Child Poverty Delivery Plan progress 2024-2025

The Commission has published a new child poverty scrutiny report, giving its views on progress made during 2024-25 towards meeting Scotland's statutory child poverty targets. The Commission has also published ...

Commission comment on child poverty interim target statistics 2023-24

This morning, the Scottish Government published child poverty statistics for 2023-24, the year of the statutory interim child poverty targets. Commenting on the publication of these official measures of progress ...

Poverty and Inequality Commission comment on the Scottish Government Budget 2025 to 2026

Commenting on the publication of the Scottish Government’s Budget for 2025 to 2026 yesterday and the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government's Budget statement to the Scottish Parliament, Professor ...

New Commissioners

We are delighted to welcome the Poverty and Inequality Commission’s new members Doctor Peter Cawston, Kim Dams, Taliah Drayak, Louise Hunter, Doctor Ross McQueenie and Rami Okasha who took up ...

Poverty and Inequality Commission scrutiny of Child Poverty Delivery Plan progress 2023-2024

A new scrutiny report by the Poverty and Inequality Commission is published today (4 June) following the Scottish Government Ministerial Statement on its Tackling Child Poverty Delivery Plan – Annual ...

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