Economic wellbeing platform plots financial hardship in Scotland

'Advanced financial distress' increases in first quarter for Scottish firms

Difficult economic conditions are impacting Scottish businesses, according to the latest data from leading independent business rescue and recovery specialist Begbies Traynor.

Economic wellbeing platform plots financial hardship in Scotland

Newly available analysis, using near real-time data, can “offer an unprecedented view of financial hardship in Scotland”.

Wake up call: Extreme child poverty in Scotland is now higher than 1990s

Research by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation has revealed more children are in very deep poverty than they were a decade ago.

Children being left behind: deep poverty among families in Scotland

As we approach the next Scottish election, parties aspiring to government must radically up their game to help the 80,000 children in very deep poverty.

The Price of Parenthood. Why the Two Child Benefit Cap Is Failing Families

The two-child limit is a harsh policy that unfairly pushes many families into poverty. This limit means that parents with more than two children receive no additional financial help for their third child and beyond. As a result, many families struggle to make ends meet, and children bear the brunt of this missing out on opportunities that are essential for their physical and mental health and future success. Parents, too, face the grim choice of…