From BBC Scotland today: In 2017, MSPs passed a law requiring ministers to hit four targets, external, including pushing the share of children in relative poverty below 10% by 2030. But the JRF&#82…

A leaked document, showing what Keir Starmer would have done if he remained PM, has drawn attention to how many of Andy Burnham’s announcements have been lifted straight from it…

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 rep…

Trade union body the TUC claims soaring profits and bonuses among Britain's big banks is evidence of why a windfall tax is needed to help hard-up families - calling it “common sense and long overdue”

The Tory leader played down speculation that she would make a key announcement on inheritance tax as the party gathered in Birmingham

Guarantee will remain until 2030 but MPs will vote on changes during this parliament, government says

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A senior official at the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said his criticism of Israeli policies in Gaza cost him his job, while the agency’s director-general warned staff against e…

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