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Many schoolgirls struggle to access period products

Stacey Dooley

Stacey Dooley announces UK tour - full details

'The new deputy chairman of the Conservative Party, Lee Anderson is wrong to believe that charities supporting asylum seekers in Calais are involved in a multimillion-pound industry'. PIC: UK Parliament/PA Wire

Lee Anderson: ‘myth’ those on Universal credit are in poverty

A child carries a tray with food during lunch-break at St Mary’s RC Primary School, in Battersea, south London.

Number of children in food poverty nearly doubles to four million

A Palestinian girl stands amid the rubble of her destroyed home in Beit Hanoun, Gaza, in May 2021 (Picture: Fatima Shbair/Getty Images)

We can all play a part in ending poverty, homelessness and conflict

Unions help workers get better pay and conditions (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Reality of Lothians poverty is truly shocking. It doesn't have to be this way

5 mental health benefits of owning a pet

Free School Meals For All bill reading delayed in Parliament

A woman holds a shopping basket of groceries.

Cost of living: Groceries cost could soar by £1.7bn

The Rev Mike Goss speaks at the Assembly on fuel poverty and excess profits.

Church of Scotland General Assembly 2022: Kirk backs windfall tax on oil and gas...

As the cost of living increases, more peope are falling back on food banks

People who use food banks 'can't cook' - Your views online

Lorna Slater (Green)

Think global, act local, vote Green on May 5 - Lorna Slater

Labour MSP Martin Whitfield said the Scottish Child Payment should be raised to £40.

Girl walked to school with no soles on her shoes

Fairtrade cocoa farmer Bismark Kpabitey (photo: Fairtrade Africa)

Fairtrade Fortnight: how the chocolate you buy can make a real difference

Lorna Slater (Green)

It is vital that we support low paid workers - Lorna Slater

PIC LISA FERGUSON First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has announced her intention to appoint two new Ministers following the approval of the historic Bute House agreement. For the first time anywhere in the UK members of the Green Party will enter government and for the first time since devolution a formal cooperation agreement will be in place in Scotland. Patrick Harvie will be Minister for Zero Carbon Buildings, Active Travel and Tenants’ Rights, working with the Housing Secretary and Net Zero Secretary. Mr Harvie’s responsibilities will include driving policy changes that shift Scotland away from reliance on high carbon modes of transport and heating and towards greener alternatives – essential as part of the push towards a net zero economy by 2045. Ensuring fairness during that transformation will also be key, and Mr Harvie will lead on delivering a new deal for tenants, and ensuring building standards are fit for purpose. Lorna Slater will take on the role of Minister for Green Skills, Circular Economy and Biodiversity, working with the Finance and Economy Secretary and Net Zero Secretary. Ms Slater will drive a Green Industrial Strategy, helping people access training and opportunities as part of a net zero Scotland, and ensuring our economy is supported through a just transition to net zero. Supporting biodiversity and protecting our national parks and natural heritage will also form part of Ms Slater’s role, working closely with NatureScot and Zero Waste Scotland and supporting the development of a circular economy that minimises the impact on our natural environment. The First Minister said: “This historic cooperation agreement is founded in a shared drive to work together in the Scottish Government to build a greener, fairer, independent Scotland. “We have massive challenges to overcome: a global pandemic and its lasting effects, the climate emergency and the assault by the UK government

Credit cuts to poorest is cruel and reckless - Lorna Slater
There are few decisions as harsh and damaging as knowingly and purposely cutting the incomes of many of the poorest people in our country. To do it amid a pandemic is even worse.

uPVC windows are problematic in conservation areas

Readers' letters: We need to talk about building regulations

Nicola Sturgeon has failed to deliver a public energy company which would help protect families from rising bills (Picture: Andy Buchanan/pool/Getty Images)

SNP and Tories are plunging thousands into poverty – Ian Murray MP

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

Readers' letters: Child poverty in Scotland is improving

Photograph by Ian Georgeson, 07921 567360 pOLICE INVESTIGATE AFTER A BABY GIRL AROUND 1 DAY OLD WAS FOUND ON A BENCH BEHIND kILNCroft High rise on Hailesland Park Pic: Chief Inspector Richard Thomas

Poverty and inequality are key to fighting crime - Supt Richard Thomas

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

Jim McCormick is chair of the Edinburgh Poverty Commision

Poverty and climate are key  to budget plans - Sam Gardner and Jim McCormick

Campaigners demonstrate outside the Scottish Parliament in support of the Period Products Bill. (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Sturgeon deserves praise for making sanitary products free – Hayley Matthews

One in five children in Edinburgh lives in poverty

Edinburgh commits to ending poverty by 2030

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

We must invest more to meet poverty targets - Alison Johnstone

One in five children in Edinburgh lives in poverty

How to end poverty in Edinburgh within ten years