The Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) in Scotland has today (17th June) sent a proposed 'Programme for Government' to all MSPs setting out the action needed to secure further progress on child poverty.

Eighty young people from primary schools in West Lothian came together to celebrate just how much Cost of the School Day work is already happening in schools to reduce the impact of poverty on learners, and to inspire even more action.

On Thursday 18 June, members of the House of Lords will debate tackling child poverty.

Young people want the Scottish Government to make tackling child poverty a “priority from day one”, according to a new poll.

The Education and Work and Pensions Committees will take evidence from local government and charities working on the frontlines of the battle against child poverty about their experiences delivering the government’s child poverty strategy.

Since the last time SMF looked at child food insecurity, the economic landscape has shifted considerably. 

Millions of parents in the UK are facing rising difficulty in feeding their children as a new survey reveals the new scale of hunger hardship.