Policy blog

Reducing inequality, ending poverty and providing good quality education - no one argued that these weren’t the correct goals to aim for, but translating the Sustainable Development Goals (or SDGs) into a Scottish context with clear actions and outcomes which are inclusive and... Read more

Social and economic justice campaigners have long used the title of this blog as a slogan to campaign on a range of human rights issues. It means simply you cannot make fair and just decisions which significantly impact people’s lives without first listening to those people... Read more

The Trussell Trusts’s Lucy Keen reflects on the right to food after hearing Shami Chakribati at the Gathering. Read more

In the week where the UK Government has announced a 3% increase in the minimum wage, and a 20% increase in the minimum wage for apprentices, we ask whether we will soon see an end to in-work poverty. Read more

Policymakers must take heed of insight provided by people living in poverty in the Turning Up The Volume On Poverty report Read more

In the race for economic growth we have forgotten about people and communities. Read more