Tag: Poverty
The government with inequity built in
Westminster’s new cabinet promises grim days ahead for human rights, women and the LGBTQI+ community, writes Zara Pennington
Poverty is a political choice. So we can choose to eradicate it.
The Cost of Living Crisis is tearing our country apart – and Scotland’s whole budget depends on the UK Government deciding what they will give us. With Truss ignoring Sturgeon and Labour refusing to talk to the SNP, how do we make our voice heard? For all of us but particularly women in Scotland  who are already in poverty or close to it, this is really worrying. Many of us are struggling to keep our heads above water, we are drowning under the weight of poverty and worry.
Living Shouldn’t Come at a Cost.
Its September 2022. The people of Scotland are living through the cumulative effects of a decade of Tory austerity, the effects of the COVID pandemic, Brexit, and the current cost of living crisis. This is not sustainable. What can we do?
Women and Poverty – Sue Lyons
Sue gave us this powerful and moving speech at our AGM on Saturday 20th November 2021. In Scotland in 2021, we should expect that everyone