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Erica Young

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Scotland’s social security system reaches a significant milestone Two years ago, the Scottish Government launched the Adult Disability Payment (ADP), which aims to support people with the extra costs of living with a health condition in accordance with the principles of dignity, fairness and respect.

Two years ago, the Scottish Government launched the Adult Disability Payment (ADP), which aims to support people with the extra costs of living with a...

16.11.2024 10

Herald Scotland

Erica Young

Citizens Advice: Scottish Child Payment leads the way in the fight against poverty

The new Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson has stated powerfully that “tackling child poverty is at the heart of breaking down barriers to...

03.08.2024 4

Herald Scotland

Erica Young

Sick note rhetoric does not match reality

In a speech setting out a vision for welfare reform last Friday, the Prime Minister reminded us of a fundamental truism, that welfare provision...

27.04.2024 10

Herald Scotland

Erica Young

Agenda: It's time to lose the Dickensian attitude to the working poor

Dickensian world concepts like the deserving and undeserving poor, and the working hungry, should be as remote from our era as Victorian images on a...

23.12.2023 9

Herald Scotland

Erica Young

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