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TFN is published by the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations, Mansfield Traquair Centre, 15 Mansfield Place, Edinburgh, EH3 6BB. The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) is a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation. Registration number SC003558.

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Tory minister denies sanctions force people to foodbanks
Priti Patel says there is no evidence linking sanctions to increased foodbank dependency
NEWS 23 June 2015 by Robert Armour
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Call for evidence into work-related inequality
​Committee to examine persistent inequality faced by ethnic minority Scots
NEWS 23 June 2015 by Robert Armour
 
Expert will hold Scottish Government to account on poverty
A Save The Children trustee will advise the Scottish Government on poverty and inequality
NEWS 23 June 2015 by Graham Martin
 
Figures prove Work Programme isn’t working says SCVO
​Work Programme should be ditched as data shows it is consitently failing to find long-term jobs for the unemployed
NEWS 23 June 2015 by Robert Armour
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Campaigners vow to fight austerity at every turn
Thousands rally against savage Tory cuts agenda in UK's major cities over the weekend
NEWS 22 June 2015 by Robert Armour
 
Thousands expected at Glasgow anti-austerity rally
​George Square protest expected to attract thousands
NEWS 19 June 2015 by Robert Armour
 
A new idea for a fairer Scotland
The people of Scotland will tell the government how to tackle social injustice in the 21st century
NEWS 19 June 2015 by Graham Martin
 
125,000 demand DWP publish benefit death data
​Pressure mounting on DWP to halt appeals process into releasing data on benefit-related deaths in UK
NEWS 16 June 2015 by Robert Armour
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Working class failing to land top jobs
​Poshness test discriminates against working class, research finds
NEWS 15 June 2015 by Robert Armour
 
People power: talking about a grassroots revolution
Legislation aimed at enabling a revolution in grassroots decision making is due to be voted through the Scottish Parliament this week
NEWS 15 June 2015 by Graham Martin
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