“The pandemic has exposed the extent and the impact on care of this crumbling infrastructure.” Jon Skewes, Executive Director for External Relations at the RCM
Scotland Needs ‘Birthplaces that are fit for the future’
How Well Is Scotland’s Economy?
In the short term, a recent report by the Fraser of Allander Institute at the University of Strathclyde, has shown some cause for optimism.
Should ‘The Right to Food’ Be Enshrined in Scots Law?
“My proposal to enshrine the UN-recognised Right to Food in Scots Law would be a significant step forward in the fight against food poverty and provide a legal right to food.” Elaine Smith MSP
Support for those on low incomes: The Scottish Welfare Fund
“The Scottish Welfare Fund is an important example of the kind of action the SNP has taken to ensure there is additional financial support in place for people in Orkney coping with the economic impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic. “
The Hunger
“when there’s twelve billion pounds available for Serco but the food cupboard is bare – then we must conclude that we are asking the wrong questions of the wrong people.”
Funding Boost To Local Authorities To Support Those Most In Need
£20million from the Scottish Welfare fund is to be used flexibly and £10million to provide free school meals.
Urgent Action Needed to Support Low Income Families
“More and more families across Scotland are facing financial hardship, but the SNP Government are failing to provide the direct and immediate support needed. “
Boris Johnson – 1 Year On
Over 14 million already in poverty, 1.6million used food banks last year, and the impact of Brexit is still to come.
Putting Dogma Before Development: DFID RIP
“DFID’s leading work on gender inequality is widely praised as being amongst the most impactful in dealing with poverty.”
We need to worry about Africa…..
“I hope that in the understandable and necessary preoccupation with what is immediately affecting us we do not forget others. “
