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anti-poverty

December 31, 2019

Scottish goverment spending to mitigate UK welfare cuts revealed

In 2019, more than £100 million has been spent by the Scottish Government to mitigate the effects of UK Government austerity, This money could have been better spent on more anti-poverty measures, said Scotland's Social Security Secretary, Shirley-Anne Somerville.
December 11, 2018

Church backs call for income supplement in Scottish Budget to tackle child poverty.

The Church of Scotland is joining academics and anti-Poverty campaigners in a call for the Scottish Government's budget to include a new income supplement to tackle child poverty.
September 11, 2018

Call for UK to halt aid funding for failing private schools in Africa

Anti-poverty campaigners say the UK’s funding of a chain of private schools in Africa is a sign of the fundamental flaws in its new approach to international aid.
September 7, 2016

Joseph Rowntree Trust launches plan for 'poverty free' UK

A new ‘long term deal’ – between governments, business and the public – is needed to solve poverty in a generation, so the first cohort of ‘Brexit children’ starting school this Autumn grow up and enter adult life in a UK that is prosperous and poverty-free, says the Joseph Rowntree Foundation
June 20, 2016

JRF launch new poverty reduction initiative in Hartlepool

The Hartlepool Action Lab is a project supported by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) that brings together community members, businesses, community groups and the public sector to work together on issues that affect everyone in Hartlepool.
September 21, 2015

Faith leaders urge David Cameron to keep his promises to people in poverty

Christian, Islamic and Jewish leaders gathered at St Paul’s Cathedral to urge David Cameron to ensure the UK plays its part in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.
December 8, 2014

Politicians challenged to a structural response to UK hunger crisis

There has been a mixed response from NGOs to the launch of the report of the All Party Parliamentary Inquiry into Food Poverty and Hunger today.
December 8, 2014

Feeding Britain: A start, but much more emphasis on justice needed

Today (Monday 8 March 2014) an All Party Parliamentary Inquiry has published an extensive report into causes of food poverty in the UK and has suggested some responses. Campaigners from End Hunger Fast were invited to the initial launch of this report so here are some reflections on where it has ended up and what that means for the rest of us.
December 8, 2014

Churches call for action to tackle an unjust ‘poverty premium’

Scotland’s poorest households are paying £1,300 a year more than their wealthier neighbours for everyday goods and services.
December 8, 2014

Tackling the 'poverty premium'