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Child maintenance system is failing says charities

NEWS 27 January 2016 by Susan Smith

Families & Young People

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A group of Scottish charities is carrying out research to discover how much families are being let down by the service that chases child maintence

https://tfn.scot/news/child-maintenance-system-is-failing-says-charities

Brexit bonfire of our basic rights

NEWS 27 March 2017 by Graham Martin

Social Justice & Poverty

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Brexit will strip the most vulnerable people in our society of vital rights – and could create more inequality says civil society leaders

https://tfn.scot/news/brexit-bonfire-of-our-basic-rights

Council allows the trashing of a wildlife haven

NEWS 30 March 2017 by Graham Martin

Environment & International

Environmentalists have expressed dismay at a council’s decision to allow peat extraction next to a protected site

https://tfn.scot/news/council-alows-the-trashing-of-a-wildlife-haven

Mega-rich Tory finds foodbanks “uplifting”

NEWS 14 September 2017 by Graham Martin

Social Justice & Poverty

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A multi-millionaire Tory MP has been blasted after he declared foodbank use as “rather uplifting”

https://tfn.scot/news/mega-rich-tory-finds-foodbanks-uplifting

Scott tackles the demons involved in benefit assessment

NEWS 25 August 2017 by Gareth Jones

Families & Young People

Comic book Scott Versus Demons takes a satirical look at the PIP process

https://tfn.scot/news/scott-tackles-the-demons-involved-in-benefit-assessment

Scotland in grip of drug death crisis

NEWS 15 August 2017 by Rab Armour

Health & Social Care

Urgent action needs to be taken as new figures show huge rise in drug deaths

https://tfn.scot/news/scotland-in-grip-of-drug-death-crisis

DWP refusing to release secret reviews into claimant deaths

NEWS 22 June 2016 by Rab Armour

Social Justice & Poverty

Campaigners say DWP is breaching the law by delaying release of nine secret reviews

https://tfn.scot/news/dwp-refusing-to-release-secret-reviews-into-claimant-deaths

Top charities cause most fundraising complaints

NEWS 5 July 2016 by Susan Smith

Management

Big charities are by far the worst culprits for annoying the public with their fundraising techniques

https://tfn.scot/news/complaints-about-15-houshold-name-charities-grow

Poor families at breaking point already

NEWS 24 November 2015 by Susan Smith

Health & Social Care

Research from Scottish children's charities warns that further cuts to the benefits of Scotland's poorest families will throw them into crisis

https://tfn.scot/news/poor-families-at-breaking-point-already

Double amount of affordable homes needed

NEWS 5 October 2015 by Rab Armour

Regeneration & Housing

Report says affordable homes crisis won't be alleviated at current rate of new builds

https://tfn.scot/news/double-amount-of-affordable-homes-needed

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Child maintenance system is failing says charities

Brexit bonfire of our basic rights

Council allows the trashing of a wildlife haven

Mega-rich Tory finds foodbanks “uplifting”

Scott tackles the demons involved in benefit assessment

Scotland in grip of drug death crisis

DWP refusing to release secret reviews into claimant deaths

Top charities cause most fundraising complaints

Poor families at breaking point already

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