Tag: poverty

The impact of the cost of living crisis has seen a huge rise in the numbers of people looking for advice and help on securing benefits.West Lothian’s Advice shops saw a 22% increase on...

This weekend we Burns fans are given over to “eating haggis and cranachan, toasting the lassies, dancing the Dashing White Sergeant and cavorting,” as the poster advertising my Burns Night puts it. It’s a...

I came across a slip of paper in an old book, the other day, which simply said: “Books, which Miss AP Thomas will collect tonight.” It was written in beautiful, old-fashioned handwriting and probably...

The Royal Bank of Scotland and other European banks, pension funds and insurance companies are increasing global hunger and poverty by speculating in food prices and financing land grabs in poorer countries, according to...