SNP to miss reducing 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”

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…

Poverty in Scotland 2026 launch event

Join the launch of this year's independent, annual state of the nation report which sets out the scale of poverty in Scotland. Monday 5 October, 10am-11:45am.