Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations

Living Wage Foundation’s independently calculated real Living Wage in the first Budget of a Labour government,A Labour government should also use its public buying power and public contracts to tackle in work poverty,In SCVO’s research, many organisations reported receiving no increase in local or national government,Solutions Inflation-based uplifts to grant funding, contracts, and Scottish Government funding is one,However, SCVO believes that a Labour government should go further.

https://scvo.scot/p/58444/2023/03/17/consultation-response-to-labour-national-policy-forum-fair-work-and-the-voluntary-sector