The shocking news that a homeless person dies every three weeks in Edinburgh highlights the extreme consequences of poverty and neglect in...

The causes of poverty and inequality are well understood, we now need to have the difficult conversations about taking action. All this we...

Important though actions to ameliorate poverty are in the short-term, it is through preventative spending and early interventions that we wi...

The Scottish Government's parentzone website has published data on the performance of school leavers. The Daily Record highlighted how ...

Today is Blog Action Day and the subject for this year is inequality. Very appropriate here in Scotland as this is Challenge Poverty Week a...

This is Challenge Poverty Week in Scotland. There will be a series of events culminating in a march and rally In Glasgow on Saturday. The ...

Tomorrow, UNISON’s local government members in England, Wales and Northern Ireland will be going on  strike , joining with other public sect...

There is no recovery in the wages and living standards of working people since the rich and powerful crashed our economy. A number of repor...

Fiscal devolution is about more than just transferring powers from one parliament to another. It has to be part of a strategy to reduce ine...

Challenge Poverty Week is an opportunity to highlight the extent of poverty in Scotland and to build support for further action. The Pover...

The Institute for Fiscal Studies has today  published  a report entitled  “More spending on disability benefits and less on housing benefi...

I was at the Poverty Assembly in Glasgow today taking part in a panel debate on constitutional change. A lot of agreement on what’s requ...

Scottish Labour’s Deputy Leader Anas Sarwar made a set piece speech earlier this week that has been attacked from the fringe left and th...

I was speaking at an Edinburgh Trades Union Council event last night on the impact of welfare cuts. Part of a series of meetings to take for...