31st Aug 2020
Scotland’s independent poverty advisors “shocked” at level of unspent Scottish welfare fund cash
Scotland’s local authorities are not making full use of Scottish Welfare Fund (SWF) money provided by the Scottish Government to alleviate extreme financial hardship, according to a new analysis published today by the Poverty and Inequality Commission. The Commission, an independent body charged with scrutinising Scotland’s progress towards tackling poverty and inequality, found that there […]