SNP to miss reducing child poverty target 'by miles'

'Radical change' needed to eradicate child poverty, charity warns John Swinney

RADICAL change is needed to cut the number of children in poverty, a new report has warned, as the Scottish Government looks set to miss legally binding targets on the issue “by miles” ...

Report: Swinney’s poverty rhetoric ‘increasingly disconnected’ from action

A stark warning Scotland could miss its child poverty target by miles

Radical change needed to cut Scottish child poverty, says charity

The Joseph Rowntree Foundation says Scotland is on course to miss legally-binding poverty targets "by a wide margin".

SNP to miss reducing child poverty target 'by miles'

The Poverty in Scotland 2026 report calls for “radical change”

Joseph Rowntree Foundation: Poverty in Scotland 2026 report published

CHALLENGE POVERTY WEEK 2026 We are publishing this report at a critical crossroads in Scotland’s journey to a possible future, one free from poverty. In this year’s election campaign and programme for government, we have consistently heard the First Minister describe eradicating poverty as his defining mission (Scottish Government, 2026a). This commitment is welcome, but there is an increasing disconnect between the Scottish Government’s rhetori…

Scotland’s predicted child poverty will perhaps be ‘missing a legally binding target’ at 21.8% but England’s 31.5%, 44% higher (!) is hidden from your eyes by James Cook

and the Scottish Government’s on course to miss legally binding targets to cut poverty ‘by a wide margin.’ That’s come from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation’s annual report. Child Poverty is not headlining on any of the other BBC News websites. Only James Cook is on it. The Joseph Rowntree Foundation has not reported separately on child poverty this year in any of the other UK nations despite it having been much higher in all of them other than Sc…