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TFN is published by the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations, Caledonian Exchange, 19A Canning Street, Edinburgh EH3 8EG. The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) is a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation. Registration number SC003558.

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Rich Scots creating country’s “inequality crisis”
Unequal wealth distribution is creating chasms in society warns charity
NEWS 23 January 2018 by Robert Armour
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Scots to get right to be accompanied during hated welfare tests
Claimants will be allowed to have someone with them during assessment
NEWS 19 January 2018 by Robert Armour
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Campaigners slam broken welfare system after claimant wins appeal
Claimant case was raised in prime minister's questions
NEWS 18 January 2018 by Robert Armour
 
People left vulnerable as vital service axed
Service provides essential contact for elderly and isolated
NEWS 17 January 2018 by Robert Armour
 
Protesters target Edinburgh “slum” hostel
Outrage at sub-standard accommodation homeless families are being forced to endure
NEWS 17 January 2018 by Robert Armour
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Sturgeon challenges McVey to halt universal credit
On a visit to a Stirling charity, Scotland's First Minister said the UK's new benefit system is failing those it is designed to support
NEWS 17 January 2018 by Robert Armour
 
Tories accused of benefit fraud witch hunt
Few allegations are ever proven, data reveals
NEWS 16 January 2018 by Robert Armour
 
New social firm tackles period poverty
​Founders create innovative way of combating period poverty
NEWS 15 January 2018 by Robert Armour
 
New year, same old stigma for people in debt
David Hilferty says only a handful of bankrupt people enjoy lavish lifestyles - contrary to a BBC expose
OPINION 11 January 2018 by TFN
 
Anger as “callous” Tory Esther McVey gets DWP top job
Disability and poverty groups have reacted with anger at the appointment of Esther McVey as the UK’s new Work and Pensions Secretary
NEWS 10 January 2018 by Graham Martin
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