2026-10-05 · BBC News
🔮 The charity said that "despite some progress" the Scottish government's existing plans "will not deliver the scale of change needed to shift the dial."
Reasons for the failure were "complex", it said, but could include UK government austerity, a cost of living crisis, and "a dysfunctional relationship between local and national government in Scotland."
Scotland's Social Justice and Housing Secretary, Shirley-Anne Somerville, is currently overseeing a review of the poverty reduction goals after some interim targets were missed and data collection was adjusted, complicating the ability to assess progress. assertive
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