Reading Time: 3 minutesThis blog looks at the latest statistics on child poverty at a local authority level.
Category: Social Security
Updated forecasts set the context for pre-budget scrutiny
Reading Time: 8 minutesOver the next month there will be several publications which will inform pre-budget scrutiny in the Scottish Parliament. Yesterday, the Scottish Fiscal Commission (SFC) published
The Final Countdown to election 2026: Programme for Government 2025-26 – Building the Best Future for Scotland
Reading Time: 26 minutesThis extended, long-read blogpost provides a summary of the Scottish Government’s Programme for Government 2025-26 and highlights areas that are likely to be of particular interest to MSPs and the Parliament over the next year.
UPDATE – Disability benefit reforms: implications for the Scottish Budget
Reading Time: 3 minutesNew blog from SPICe looks at what today’s spring statement means for the Scottish social security budget.
Disability Benefit Reform – implications for Scotland
Reading Time: 5 minutesThe UK Government has set our reforms to health and disability benefits. Disability benefits are devolved to the Scottish Government – so how will the reforms impact here?
Navigating complaints: A Guide to Ombudsmen and Commissioners
Reading Time: 3 minutesList of ombudsmen and commissioners to help navigate complaints.
Social Security Budget 2025-26
Reading Time: 5 minutesThe social security budget for 2025-26 is approaching £7 billion. This blog looks at what that money is spent on.
Winter Fuel Payment in Scotland
Reading Time: 6 minutesRegulations to introduce a means-tested Pension Age Winter Heating Payment in Scotland were laid in the Scottish Parliament on 25 September 2024. This is the
Progress on the plan to reduce child poverty
Reading Time: 5 minutesThis blog looks at the Scottish Government’s progress report on it’s plan to reduce child poverty through action across a wide range of different policy areas.
Scottish Child Payment – who gets it?
Reading Time: 5 minutesWhile Scottish Child Payment reaches almost every child in poverty, there are even more children above the poverty line who also receive this benefit.