Will the Scottish Government need to treble the amount it invests in the Scottish Welfare Fund?,What is clear is this - whilst post Smith legislation meanders through Westminster, the Scottish Government,, local government, wider public services and the voluntary sector will have to pick up and try to piece
https://scvo.scot/p/9033/2015/05/11/the-end-of-social-security
After five years of the UK Coalition Government we live in a meaner country where we tolerate poverty,Few manifesto ideas will survive contact with the realities of power or government finances.,The UK Government’s hostility and attempts to muzzle the campaigning ambitions of charities is odious,We also want the immediate cancellation by the new UK Government of the renewed contracts for the Work,This election will decide who governs the UK not - despite all the manifestos promises - the policies
https://scvo.scot/p/8968/2015/04/30/manifestos-dont-matter-in-ge2015
s about the overall wellbeing of those living in Scotland. 1) SCVO is pleased the that Scottish Government,SCVO addressed this issue in our briefing for MSPs ahead of the Scottish Government’s ‘Boosting the Economy,where joined-up policy making is required. 4) SCVO acknowledges the commitment of the Scottish Government,How we address these aspects of inequality requires thinking beyond the Government’s economic focus on,SCVO urges the Scottish Government to look at other ways in which we can help improve the lives of those
https://scvo.scot/p/7604/2015/01/19/scvo-briefing-scottish-government-tackling-inequalities-debate
Yet, this extremely unequal gender impact has not been reflected in the Scottish Government’s work to,Gap, the Scottish Refugee Council, Scottish Women’s Aid and SCVO use “A Widening Gap” to call on government,All this is well established and accepted as an economic and social reality by government, but it does,Will the Government review, in that context, how devolved services work to improve the lives of women,[x] How will Government take forward effective analysis of the gender impact of the planned new powers
https://scvo.scot/p/8956/2015/04/30/response-to-welfare-reform-committee-inquiry-on-women-and-welfare
Income, Regional and Social Inequality
SCVO considers that any future Scottish Government economic strategies,As the Scottish Government’s Expert Group on Welfare says, it is important to both “promote work as a,Whilst we welcome the gender budget analysis carried out by the Scottish Government, the work of the,We are heartened by the Scottish Government’s recent and on-going rhetoric about tackling inequality,We hope, therefore, that this debate will highlight some of the ways in which the Scottish Government
https://scvo.scot/p/7522/2015/01/08/scvo-briefing-scottish-government-boosting-the-economy-debate