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The report outlines proposals to improve support for single-parent families in Scotland, focusing on fairness, flexibility, and reducing poverty. Key Recommendations: · Income Security: Increase Scottish Child        Payment and ensure timely delivery of benefits. · Childcare Access: Expand affordable childcare options to enable parents to work or study. · Employment Support: Tailored pathways for   single parents, including training […]

A report from the Institute for Fiscal Studies has been published looking at how the two-child limit has affected child poverty and other outcomes and what options for altering this policy the government has.  https://ifs.org.uk/articles/options-reforming-two-child-limit

Date published: 6 October 2025 This year’s Poverty in Scotland is published in the context of people feeling overlooked and ignored by politicians. It is a context in which the economy is not working and in which low-paid, insecure work is entangled with high costs. Our report also confirms some of the endemic features of

The cost of caring – the impact of caring across carers’ lives Reports 21 October 2025 On 21 October 2025, Carers UK published State of Caring 2025: The cost of caring – the impact of caring across carers’ lives  — the largest in-depth study of unpaid carers in the UK. Over 10,500 carers shared their experiences with us