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Charity hits out at ministers as homelessness reaches new records in Scotland

NEWS 31 January 2023 by Rab Armour

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Social Justice & Poverty

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#CostOfLivingCrisis

Temporary accommodation is being over-used

https://tfn.scot/news/charity-hits-out-at-ministers-as-homelessness-reaches-new-records-in-scotland

Shelter: Plan to tackle child poverty doomed to fail without social housing delivery

NEWS 13 June 2023 by Niall Christie

Families & Young People

Social Justice & Poverty

Regeneration & Housing

Shelter Scotland says a consistent failure to deliver the necessary social homes means child poverty will inevitably remain high.

https://tfn.scot/news/shelter-plan-to-tackle-child-poverty-doomed-to-fail-without-social-housing-delivery

Size of housing waiting lists reflects failure to tackle housing emergency, charity warns

NEWS 25 April 2023 by Niall Christie

Families & Young People

Social Justice & Poverty

Regeneration & Housing

#CostOfLivingCrisis

Shelter has said that the Scottish Government needs to deliver 38,500 social homes by 2026.

https://tfn.scot/news/size-of-housing-waiting-lists-reflects-failure-to-tackle-housing-emergency-charity-warns

Bond: UK must increase diplomatic pressure after deaths of workers in Gaza

NEWS 7 April 2025 by Niall Christie

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Social Justice & Poverty

Environment & International

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Bond: UK must increase diplomatic pressure after deaths of workers in Gaza

https://tfn.scot/news/bond-uk-must-increase-diplomatic-pressure-after-deaths-of-workers-in-gaza

Scotland must extend its free school meals provision

NEWS 6 June 2025 by Rab Armour

Families & Young People

Social Justice & Poverty

Health & Social Care

Some 500,000 more children will be eligible in England

https://tfn.scot/news/free-school-meals-in-england-but-campaigners-demand-scotland-to-follow

Concern over unused £3.5m poverty fund

NEWS 29 July 2019 by Gareth Jones

Families & Young People

More than £3.5m earmarked from the EU for helping the most vulnerable people in the UK is lying unused

https://tfn.scot/news/concern-over-unused-3.5m-poverty-fund

Charities welcome six-month eviction ban

NEWS 25 March 2020 by Gavin Stuart

Regeneration & Housing

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Social and private sector tenants have been given protection during the Covid-19 crisis.

https://tfn.scot/news/charities-welcome-six-month-eviction-ban

Coronavirus self-isolators should be given “rent holidays”

NEWS 16 March 2020 by Gavin Stuart

Regeneration & Housing

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Living Rent also demanded a pause on evictions during the coronavirus outbreak.

https://tfn.scot/news/call-for-self-isolators-to-be-given-rent-holidays

Charity calls for transport policy transformation

NEWS 5 February 2020 by Gavin Stuart

Environment & International

Friends of the Earth Scotland urges ministers to cut spending on roads.

https://tfn.scot/news/charity-calls-for-transport-policy-transformation

Drastic action needed to tackle plastic pollution

NEWS 12 June 2019 by Gareth Jones

Management

Campaigners have travelled to Holyrood to highlight the importance of reducing the use of plastics in Scotland

https://tfn.scot/news/drastic-action-needed-to-tackle-plastic-pollution

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Charity hits out at ministers as homelessness reaches new records in Scotland

Shelter: Plan to tackle child poverty doomed to fail without social housing delivery

Size of housing waiting lists reflects failure to tackle housing emergency, charity warns

Bond: UK must increase diplomatic pressure after deaths of workers in Gaza

Scotland must extend its free school meals provision

Concern over unused £3.5m poverty fund

Charities welcome six-month eviction ban

Coronavirus self-isolators should be given “rent holidays”

Charity calls for transport policy transformation

Drastic action needed to tackle plastic pollution

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