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Martin Canavan 🧡 @mrtncnvn.bsky.social · 1d

Really important work by @uofgpolicy.bsky.social looking at what govt at all levels must do to effectively tackle poverty, working together to improve people’s lives rather than working against each other and those experiencing poverty and disadvantage.

Centre for Public Policy @uofgpolicy.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: The State of Poverty: Systems and the stories of those navigating them 📝

Our @kezdugdale.bsky.social introduces the methodology and first outputs from our State of Poverty research project 📣

🔗 www.gla.ac.uk/research/az/...

#ChallengePovertyWeek

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The State of Poverty: Systems and the stories of those navigating them, Professor Kezia Dugdale, Associate Director, Centre for Public Policy. Includes Centre for Public Policy and University of Glasgow logos, and a photo of Kezia Dugdale.

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Centre for Public Policy @uofgpolicy.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: The State of Poverty: Systems and the stories of those navigating them 📝

Our @kezdugdale.bsky.social introduces the methodology and first outputs from our State of Poverty research project 📣

🔗 www.gla.ac.uk/research/az/...

#ChallengePovertyWeek

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Resolution Foundation @resfoundation.bsky.social · 1d

Council Tax arrears in England increased during the pandemic.

Arrears continued to rise during the cost of living crisis - with £445 million added to England’s stock of arrears between 2023-24 and 2024-25. This is much greater than the rise seen after the financial crisis.

Chart showing real-terms stock of Council Tax arrears at fiscal year-end: England
Total Council Tax arrears in England in 2024-25 stood at £6.7 billion in today’s prices, a 48 per cent real-terms increase since 2019-20

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Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 1d

NEW: Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado awarded Nobel Peace Prize.

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Aberlour Children's Charity @aberlourcharity.bsky.social · 2d

We know public debt traps families in poverty and holds them there. Our research into the public debt crisis, with @opfs.org.uk & @trussellscot.bsky.social, highlights how families with a disabled child are at higher risk of being trapped in poverty due to public debt. #CPW25 #ChallengePoverty

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The Promise Scotland @thepromise.scot · 3d

Today's @auditscotland.bsky.social report highlights the need for more clarity around who is working to keep the promise. (1/2) ⬇️

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Martin Canavan 🧡 @mrtncnvn.bsky.social · 3d

Write to your MSP to #EndSchoolMealDebt and hidden school hunger for good. @aberlourcharity.bsky.social
#ChallengePovertyWeek 👇

Aberlour Children's Charity @aberlourcharity.bsky.social · 3d

School meal debt is a silent struggle for so many families. Children affected by financial stress or who go hungry at school, cannot learn properly. Help us #EndSchoolMealDebt by writing to your MSP👉https://www.aberlour.org.uk/150/dream

#ChallengePovertyWeek #Aberlour150 #CPW25 #ChallengePoverty

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Aberlour Children's Charity @aberlourcharity.bsky.social · 3d

We’re at the Clackmannanshire Council Knowledge Exchange for #ChallengePovertyWeek! We'll be sharing the life-changing work of our Intensive Perinatal Service and our work to tackle the public debt crisis in Scotland. If you're there come and say hi 👋 #CPW25 #ChallengePoverty #EndChildPoverty

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Headteacher Update @headteacherupdate.bsky.social · 3d

Hidden school hunger & school meals debt: The families of almost 1 in 4 pupils ineligible for free school meals are in debt because they cannot afford the cost of school lunches. Research from @aberlourcharity.bsky.social raises fears over 'hidden hunger' in #schools: buff.ly/qNrDSpU

Hidden school hunger and school meals debt - Headteacher Update

Research from Aberlour Children’s Charity finds many pupils and families ineligible for free school meals are in debt

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SecEd @seced.bsky.social · 3d

Hidden school hunger & school meals debt: The families of almost 1 in 4 pupils ineligible for free school meals are in debt because they cannot afford the cost of school lunches. Research from @aberlourcharity.bsky.social raises fears over 'hidden hunger' in #schools: buff.ly/2GIZFzA#pove...

Hidden school hunger and school meals debt - SecEd

Research from Aberlour Children’s Charity finds many pupils and families ineligible for free school meals are in debt

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Aberlour Children's Charity @aberlourcharity.bsky.social · 3d

This #ChallengePovertyWeek we're continuing our campaign to #EndSchoolMealDebt & #EndHiddenHunger in school for good. We're calling on @ScotGov to make the school meal debt fund permanent & extend free school meals to all low-income families, because no child should have to go hungry at school.

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Martin Canavan 🧡 @mrtncnvn.bsky.social · 4d

New @aberlourcharity.bsky.social research highlighting school meal debt in England, indicating that nearly 1 in 4 pupils not eligible for free school meals has school meal debt. We are calling on UK Gov to take action to tackle school meal debt & hidden school hunger in its Child Poverty Strategy.👇

Aberlour Children's Charity @aberlourcharity.bsky.social · 4d

Today, with Unity Consulting Scotland, we’ve launched our new research into School Meal Debt in England. Our research indicates that 1 in 4 children in England not in receipt of FSM have school meal debt. No child should be burdened with debt or denied a school meal due to financial hardship.

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Aberlour Children's Charity @aberlourcharity.bsky.social · 4d

We know the public debt crisis in the UK is trapping families in poverty and holding them there. The fact 1 in 4 children in England have school meal debt shows the financial strain families are under. Read more about our latest school meal debt research: www.aberlour.org.uk/news-item/ne... #CPW25

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Aberlour Children's Charity @aberlourcharity.bsky.social · 4d

This #ChallengePovertyWeek we’re continuing our fight to #EndSchoolMealDebt for good.

Read the full report: https://www.aberlour.org.uk/publications/school-meal-debt-in-england

#Aberlour150 #CPW25 #ChallengePoverty

Aberlour | School Meal Debt in England

Aberlour Children's Charity has been campaigning since 2021 to end school meal debt. In our latest research discover the impact of school meal debt on children and their families living in England.

www.aberlour.org.uk

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Aberlour Children's Charity @aberlourcharity.bsky.social · 4d

We’re calling on the UK Government to include in its upcoming Child Poverty Strategy clear action to tackle school meal debt:
1️⃣ Introduce a school meal debt fund to support struggling families and schools
2️⃣ Extend Free School Meal eligibility to all low-income families

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Aberlour Children's Charity @aberlourcharity.bsky.social · 4d

Today, with Unity Consulting Scotland, we’ve launched our new research into School Meal Debt in England. Our research indicates that 1 in 4 children in England not in receipt of FSM have school meal debt. No child should be burdened with debt or denied a school meal due to financial hardship.

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Martin Canavan 🧡 @mrtncnvn.bsky.social · 4d

New @aberlourcharity.bsky.social research highlighting school meal debt in England, indicating that nearly 1 in 4 pupils not eligible for free school meals has school meal debt. We are calling on UK Gov to take action to tackle school meal debt & hidden school hunger in its Child Poverty Strategy.👇

Aberlour Children's Charity @aberlourcharity.bsky.social · 4d

Today, with Unity Consulting Scotland, we’ve launched our new research into School Meal Debt in England. Our research indicates that 1 in 4 children in England not in receipt of FSM have school meal debt. No child should be burdened with debt or denied a school meal due to financial hardship.

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Aberlour Children's Charity @aberlourcharity.bsky.social · 5d

Today @sallyannkelly1.bsky.social kicks off her last #ChallengePovertyWeek as Aberlour CEO. In a blog, written for @scotsman.com last month, SallyAnn shares her frustration that so much still remains to be done to #EndChildPoverty in Scotland as she steps down as CEO next month.

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Aberlour Children's Charity @aberlourcharity.bsky.social · 5d

We're at @jrf-uk.bsky.social Poverty in Scotland event today! We're hearing how much more has to be done to reach child poverty targets in 2030. #EndChildPoverty #ChallengePoverty #CPW25

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Martin Canavan 🧡 @mrtncnvn.bsky.social · 5d

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D Mcguire @dmcguirecfc67.bsky.social · 6d

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 6d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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Resolution Foundation @resfoundation.bsky.social · 6d

It's encouraging to read that the Government is preparing to lift the two-child limit as part of its child poverty strategy, but disheartening that options short of scrapping it entirely are still being considered.

🧵on why this would be the wrong choice for an ambitious strategy⤵️

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Rachel Reeves to lift two-child benefit cap in November budget

Exclusive: Officials exploring options to change rule that affected 1.7 million children in Great Britain last year

www.theguardian.com

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Aberlour Children's Charity @aberlourcharity.bsky.social · 8d

Be there for a better Scotland! Join the march for all of us. #Edinburgh #25Oct #ScotlandDemandsBetter

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Martin Canavan 🧡 @mrtncnvn.bsky.social · 10d

If UK Gov is truly committed to tackling child poverty then only option on the cards is ending 2 child limit entirely. Anything less means continuing a poverty creating policy, that still pushes children and families into poverty. The 2 child limit must go. End of.

Child Poverty Action Group @cpaguk.bsky.social · 10d

To reduce child poverty, government must scrap the two-chid limit. And that means fully scrapping it – no benefit cap, no tapers, no new limit. All children deserve the best start in life, and messing around the edges of this policy won’t cut it. 2/2

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Child Poverty Action Group @cpaguk.bsky.social · 10d

To reduce child poverty, government must scrap the two-chid limit. And that means fully scrapping it – no benefit cap, no tapers, no new limit. All children deserve the best start in life, and messing around the edges of this policy won’t cut it. 2/2

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