Scottish Parliament's Welfare Reform Committee publishes Interim Report on 'Bedroom Tax'

. Many people are ‘trapped’ into paying the 'bedroom tax' in that there are not enough one bedroom... than their household size needs. Those with one spare bedroom lose 14% of their eligible rent and those Wednesday 15 June 2016

Climate Justice Fund Launches

about climate justice. The Scottish Government is providing £3 million for the fund - one million per... are launching Scotland’s Climate Justice Fund. In launching this fund we are all too aware that one country Sunday 19 June 2016

The Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)

in 1981.  Under CEDAW, state bodies are required to produce reports to the UN Committee one year after Wednesday 06 July 2016

The International Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT)

State is expected to submit a report initially one year after consenting to the Convention Wednesday 06 July 2016

Evidence to the Welfare Reform Committee, Scottish Parliament

similarly expressed concern that the loss of one’s home, as a result of the “bedroom tax”, could Wednesday 15 June 2016