Ippr Scotland

A minimum income floor beneath which nobody in Scotland should fall is required if Scotland is to learn the lessons of COVID-19 and take a new and ambitious path, ...

Scotland’s political parties should commit to introducing a ‘Social Renewal Supplement’ to help to rebuild a Scotland fairer than the one that went into the COVID-crisis, according ...

Finance secretary Kate Forbes announced support for jobs and skills totalling around £1.1 billion when she presented the Scottish Budget 2021-22 yesterday. In an effort to prioritise ...

Urgent action is needed to help families repair their finances to stay afloat over the coming months in the face of a COVID-19 winter, according to a ...

IPPR Scotland has called on the next Scottish Government to ensure the country recovers from COVID-19 by rebuilding Scotland on the foundations of social, economic and climate ...

A total of 300,000 households with dependent children in Scotland (49%) are 'struggling to make ends meet’ or in ‘serious financial difficulty’ during this COVID-19 crisis, according ...

Up to 750,000 people in Scotland could be enrolled in the Jobs Retention Scheme (furloughed) this quarter and a further 150,000 jobs could be lost as a ...

Naomi Eisenstadt, former independent advisor on poverty and inequality and trustee of Standard Life Foundation, will today commend the progress made by the Scottish Government on social security ...

A new report published today has revealed how the Scottish Government's Scottish Child Payment could be improved to better meet the needs of low-income families in Scotland. ...

The equivalent of a classroom of children will enter poverty in Scotland every day unless benefit changes proposed by the Scottish Government are introduced sooner, a think-tank ...

Ruth Davidson The development of new towns, a cabinet level post for the housing minister and the creation of a new housing and infrastructure agency are among ...

The next Scottish Government faces a funding gap of more than £2 billion each year by 2020, with tax rises alone unlikely to eliminate spending and welfare ...

Spending reductions and benefit cuts imposed by the UK government could make Scotland's poorest families more than £800 a year worse, a think-tank has warned. IPPR Scotland ...