Date: 18th April 2019
Category: Child poverty, Social security, Incorporation, Right to life, survival and development, International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR)

The Scottish Human Rights Commission is calling on the government to take action to incorporate the right to food into Scotland's laws as part of its work to make Scotland a good food nation

Date: 28th March 2019
Category: Child poverty, Disability, Basic Health and Welfare, Health and health services

The Scottish Government is at risk of missing its own child poverty targets by more than 100,000 children, according to projections from the Resolution Foundation.

Date: 4th December 2018
Category: Child poverty

In their recommendations to Scottish Government, the Poverty and Inequality Commission highlight the pressures faced by children and families living in poverty across Scotland during school holidays.  As emphasised recently the UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights following his 10-day visit to the UK, poverty is fundamentally a human rights violation and children are amongst those disproportionately impacted. As outlined in the Poverty and Inequality Commission’s new briefing, families face a range of pressures during the school holidays. These include food insecurity and childcare, but also relate to wider finances, play and activities, parenting, and social isolation. Such pressures have the strong potential to significantly compromise children’s rights to an adequate standard of living, care and play, to name a few, as outlined in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.

Date: 21st November 2018
Category: Child poverty

“Great misery has been inflicted […] on millions of children who are being locked into a cycle of poverty from which most will have great difficulty escaping.”

Date: 7th November 2018
Category: Child poverty

Child poverty is an issue of fundamental rights and legally binding obligations for EU Member States and EU institutions, concludes the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights in its latest report. As Michael O’Flaherty, Director of the Agency for Fundamental Rights, has stated in response to the launch of the report:

Date: 7th November 2018
Category: Child poverty

The Children’s Future Food Inquiry is gathering evidence, experience and/or case studies about children’s experiences of food and how it affects their lives in order to inform and shape its recommendations. The Inquiry will focus on children under 18 years old in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland; and is spearheaded by a cross-party parliamentary group.

Date: 9th October 2018
Category: Child poverty, Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

A new report published by Eurostat on poverty reduction targets reveals that more than one in four children in the EU are at risk of poverty or social exclusion.

Date: 9th October 2018
Category: Child poverty, Disability, Basic Health and Welfare, Policies & procedures

The Local Government and Communities Committee seeks views on the Fuel Poverty (Target, Definition and Strategy) (Scotland) Bill.  

Date: 10th September 2018
Category: Child poverty, Best interests of the child, Non-discrimination

An unmarried mother has won a landmark case in the UK Supreme Court. The judges ruled that denying her access to a widowed parent’s allowance was discriminatory and breached her and her children’s human rights. The denial of the benefit was found to have a detrimental impact on the children of unmarried parents.

Date: 28th August 2018
Category: Child poverty

Research from the Child Poverty Action Group's (CPAG) 2018 Cost of a Child report shows that parents working on the 'national living wage' are still unable to afford a basic 'no-frills' lifestyle.

Date: 25th July 2018
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare, Child poverty

A new inquiry which aims to understand children's experiences of food and how it affects their lives has been launched under the leadership of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Hunger and Food Poverty.

Date: 24th April 2018
Category: Child poverty

Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) in Scotland have welcomed the publication of the Scottish Government's first statutory child poverty delivery plan under the Child Poverty (Scotland) Act.

Date: 24th April 2018
Category: Child poverty

During her visit to China this month, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon spoke to policy makers and academics about children's rights, child poverty and the recent Cabinet Meeting that was held with representatives from the Scottish Youth Parliament and Children's Parliament.

Date: 31st January 2018
Category: Child poverty

The Centre for Research on Families and Relationships has published a paper which uses data from the Growing Up in Scotland survey to dispel the myth of the 'poverty of aspiration.'

Date: 27th November 2017
Category: Child poverty

Scotland is to become the only part of the UK with statutory targets to tackle child poverty after the Child Poverty (Scotland) Bill was unanimously passed by the Scottish Parliament.

Date: 17th November 2017
Category: Child poverty

Campaigners have welcomed a unanimous vote by Scottish Parliament to introduce statutory targets to reduce child poverty.

Date: 21st September 2017
Category: Child poverty

Views are being sought on a proposal for a Bill to ensure free access to sanitary products, including in schools, colleges and universities.

Date: 21st August 2017
Category: Right to life, survival and development, Child poverty

Almost 4,000 children, parents and guardians attended community clubs as part of Children in Scotland's Food, Families, Futures (FFF) scheme this summer which aims to tackle 'holiday hunger'.

Date: 21st August 2017
Category: Child poverty

CPAG's Cost of a Child in 2017 report calculates the cost of raising a child in the UK based on the minimum income standard (MIS).

Date: 21st August 2017
Category: Social security, Child poverty

A Buttle UK report -- the Real Face of Child Poverty in the UK in 2017 -- looks at the economic impact of poverty on UK families, and highlights the turning points for children in crisis.