Blog: MSPs can make action on poverty their Budget priority

Chloe Campbell,Policy and Parliamentary Officer,The Poverty Alliance Read our Scottish Budget 2025-26 Briefing here! We can build a fairer, greener Scotland, free from the injustice of poverty. But for that to happen, our political leaders must make a fundamental change in the way they look at our society. For far too long, we’ve been suffering … Read more

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Briefing: The 2025-26 Scottish Government Budget

It’s time to build a fairer, greener Scotland, free from poverty. We call on the Scottish Government to deliver a just and compassionate budget that puts people first, not only utilising the additional £3.4 billion allocated by the UK Government for bold anti-poverty action, but also ambitiously uses their devolved taxation powers to generate the … Read more

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Blog: Embedding fair work in hospitality – insights from the Serving the Future project

Laura Robertson, Research Manager, The Poverty Alliance Chirsty McFadyen, Knowledge Exchange Associate, Fraser of Allander Institute Find out more at the Serving the Future website Serving the Future, a collaboration between the Poverty Alliance and the Fraser of Allander Institute, has been working with hospitality employers and workers to identify actions to address in-work poverty … Read more

Members of the Tackling Poverty and Inequality (TPI) team at Aberdeenshire Council, with others, at an event held during Challenge Poverty Week 2924.

Blog: How can people on low incomes use their experience to push for change?

Annie McCormack,Development Officer, Taking Action on Rural Poverty,The Poverty Alliance Click here to read more about our Taking Action on Rural Poverty project “It’s helped me feel less isolated and alone… and removed an element of shame”  The powerful voices of people with lived experience of life on low incomes have always been at the … Read more

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