Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations

Scottish charities to be hit by new employer tax

OPINION 11 January 2016 Guest post

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Ruchir Shah explains how voluntary organisations that employ staff will be affected by the new Apprenticeship Levy

https://tfn.scot/opinion/scottish-charities-to-be-hit-by-new-employer-tax

Cash for CAS as unprecedented demand takes its toll

NEWS 7 January 2015 by Rab Armour

Social Justice & Poverty

Welfare reform has put unprecedented pressure on Citizens Advice Scotland services - leading to cash injection

https://tfn.scot/news/cash-for-cas-as-unprecedented-demand-takes-its-toll

This government cares not one jot for the ordinary people of this country

OPINION 19 January 2017 Guest post

Social Justice & Poverty

Maggie Lennon says those who voted for Brexit now appear to have been turkeys voting for their own early Christmas

https://tfn.scot/opinion/this-government-cares-not-one-jot-for-the-ordinary-people-of-this-country

Hidden change to benefits could make more people homeless

NEWS 9 June 2016 by Rab Armour

Social Justice & Poverty

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Charities lobby government to drop hidden changes to housing benefit which vulnerable can't afford

https://tfn.scot/news/hidden-change-to-benefits-could-make-more-people-homeless

Scotland’s Social Security Agency is already failing minorities

OPINION 19 October 2018 by Rab Armour

Social Justice & Poverty

Mark Griffin MSP believes Scotland's flagship Social Security Agency has already failed minorities despite it claiming to be a model of inclusion

https://tfn.scot/opinion/scotlands-social-security-agency-is-already-failing-minorities

Election 2019: Scottish National Party

OPINION 20 November 2019 Guest post

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Ian Blackford of the SNP makes his party's pitch to the third sector

https://tfn.scot/opinion/election-2019-scottish-national-party

Compassion, not cost-cutting, should be at the heart of welfare reform

OPINION 7 July 2025 by Erica Young

Social Justice & Poverty

Health & Social Care

Erica Young on the government’s proposed social security changes

https://tfn.scot/opinion/compassion-not-cost-cutting-should-be-at-the-heart-of-welfare-reform

SNP disability regulations underwhelming and unambitious

OPINION 27 January 2022 by Pam Duncan-Glancy MSP

Social Justice & Poverty

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Plans for Scotland’s replacement for Personal Independence Payment do not go far enough

https://tfn.scot/opinion/snp-disability-regulations-underwhelming-and-unambitious

Communities join to oppose spectre of gasification

NEWS 23 February 2015 by Rab Armour

Environment & International

Community groups and environmentalists want fracking moratorium extended

https://tfn.scot/news/communities-join-to-oppose-specter-of-gasification

Charities can help break down barriers to employment

OPINION 20 November 2024 by Colin Smyth MSP

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Colin Smyth MSP highlights how Scotland’s third sector can improve employment prospects for more disabled people

https://tfn.scot/opinion/breaking-down-barriers-to-employment

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Scottish charities to be hit by new employer tax

Cash for CAS as unprecedented demand takes its toll

This government cares not one jot for the ordinary people of this country

Hidden change to benefits could make more people homeless

Scotland’s Social Security Agency is already failing minorities

Election 2019: Scottish National Party

Compassion, not cost-cutting, should be at the heart of welfare reform

SNP disability regulations underwhelming and unambitious

Communities join to oppose spectre of gasification

Charities can help break down barriers to employment

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