Reading Time: 5 minutesThis blog looks at how Scotland is performing against the 81 National Indicators in the National Performance Framework.
Tag: Poverty
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.
Is Scotland going to meet its child poverty targets?
Reading Time: 4 minutesThe latest statistics show that Scotland is far from achieving its child poverty targets.
Removing the Universal Credit uplift: what will be the effect on Scottish households?
Reading Time: 5 minutesThis blog looks at the impact on Scottish households of the planned removal of the Universal Credit uplift.
Scottish Child Payment: where next?
Reading Time: 4 minutesThe Scottish Child Payment was introduced in February 2021. With further changes planned, this blog looks at its current and potential impact on child poverty.
SIMD 2020: the where of deprivation
Reading Time: 3 minutesA look at latest Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD) from the Scottish Government.
Ending child poverty: the challenge ahead
Reading Time: 5 minutesThe latest picture on child poverty The Scottish Government’s latest poverty statistics show that – on the most commonly used measure of poverty – child
Guest Blog – The National Performance Framework
Reading Time: 4 minutesAs with all guest blogs, what follows are the views of the author, Jennifer Wallace, Head of Policy at the Carnegie UK Trust, and not those