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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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Moderator: poor must be given affordable loans
High interest rates are locking the poor into a cycle of debt
NEWS 23 March 2015 by Robert Armour
 
Thousands of Scots children bear brunt of punitive sanction regime
Punitive sanction regime is forcing thousands of Scots children into destitution
NEWS 23 March 2015 by Robert Armour
 
£20million for groups which tackle inequality
Projects and charities which tackle inequality and discrimination have been awarded £20.3 million from the Scottish Government
NEWS 20 March 2015 by Graham Martin
 
Foodbanks are bad for the health, warns academic
Families that eat too many poor meals from foodbanks could suffer long-term health problems
NEWS 20 March 2015 by Robert Armour
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CPAG: UK on course for biggest rise in child poverty in a generation
"See no poverty, hear no poverty" budget statement gave nothing to poor says campaigners
NEWS 19 March 2015 by Robert Armour
 
Dungavel detainees go on hunger strike
​Concern over week-long hunger strike at Dungavel Detention Centre
NEWS 19 March 2015 by Robert Armour
 
Information on new devolved benefits released
The Scottish Government has published a guide to the 11 new benefits that will be devolved to the Scottish Parliament
NEWS 19 March 2015 by Susan Smith
 
Benefit sanctions are “like domestic abuse”
​Woman tells a poverty investigation sanctions were humiliating and degrading
NEWS 18 March 2015 by Robert Armour
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Irrefutable evidence benefits cuts linked to foodbanks
​Committee sends dossier of evidence how welfare reforms are causing food poverty in Scotland
NEWS 17 March 2015 by Robert Armour
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Austerity brews up a perfect storm of extreme poverty
Half a million Scots are living in extreme or serious poverty, a new report says
NEWS 16 March 2015 by Graham Martin
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