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Scottish Labour is to ‘consider’ how free breakfasts in schools can help children

How about it John? Make sure children get a proper start to the school day - Sus...

First Minister Humza Yousaf

Humza’s unhappy new year message to Scottish people - Sue Webber

Challenge Poverty Week is being supported by charities, councils, individuals and politicians across the country. (Poverty Alliance)

Tackling injustice during Challenge Poverty Week - Cammy Day

Raising the value of benefits would have been preferable to sending out a string of lump sum cost of living payments to households, according to a leading UK economics thinktank which has dubbed the sporadic cash boosts an “ineffective sticking plaster”.

Cost of living payments are ‘ineffective sticking plaster’, warns IFS

Conservative MP Scott Benton was stripped of the party whip after he was filmed appearing to suggest he could break parliamentary rules to help gambling lobbyists

Working-age poverty has risen by seven times as much in Scotland as in the UK

Building more affordable houses is vital to tackling poverty (Picture: Paul Ellis/AFP via Getty Images)

Failure to tackle housing crisis means goal of ending poverty is another fantasy

Here's how people in Edinburgh and the Lothians will be impacted by the real-terms benefits cut (PA/Getty)

Benefits cut to impact quarter of people in Lothian

Finance Secretary Kate Forbes arrives for the Stage 3 Debate: Scottish Budget 2022-23 at the Scottish Parliament Holyrood Edinburgh. Picture date: Thursday February 10, 2022. PA Photo. See PA story POLITICS Scotland.Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/PA Wire

Finance secretary says more needs to be done to tackle cost of living crisis

uPVC windows are problematic in conservation areas

Readers' letters: We need to talk about building regulations

The new child poverty payment should be doubled within a year say campaigners.

Readers' letters: Child poverty in Scotland is improving

Campaigners have long called for action to tackle poverty but it is needed now more than ever (Picture: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)

Constant pressure of poverty can grind the soul – Ewan Aitken

Child poverty In Scotland is not inevitable but the result of political choice

We must invest more to meet poverty targets - Alison Johnstone

The hike in payments was only introduced as a year-long measure.

Universal Credit: will benefits be cut in April 2021?

One in five children in Edinburgh lives in poverty

How to end poverty in Edinburgh within ten years

As the cost of living rises each year, social security payments should increase at least by the rate of inflation, says Alison Johnstone. Picture: John Devlin

Alison Johnstone: One of the basics of a dignified life should be a decent incom...

Dr Jim McCormick, chairman of the Edinburgh Poverty Commission

Edinburgh could become 'living hours city' to lift 43,000 workers out of poverty
The chairman of a commission investigating poverty in the Capital has called for workers in the city to be guaranteed hours in a bid to lift 43,000 households in employment out of hardship.
David Bol

Jim McCormick, chairman of the Edinburgh Poverty Commission, has outlined the biggest barrier to reducing poverty levels in Edinburgh. Picture: EN License

Strict rent controls ?‘a solution’ to reduce poverty in Edinburgh

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn. Pic: JP

Corbyn to attend Christmas lunch in Edinburgh for food bank families

Capital to get its own poverty commission

Capital launches poverty commission to help vulnerable

Too many parents are struggling to put food on the table for their families. Picture: Michael Gillen

Dr Jim McCormick: We will rise to poverty challenge

Theresa May pledged to fight the "burning injustice" of inequality when she took office (Picture: Getty)

Ian Swanson: So much for Theresa May's bid to fight social inequality

Ruth Davidson. Picture: Ian Georgeson

Tory leader Ruth Davidson backs publishing bosses' pay