GCVS News

GCVS is a busy organisation working within a dynamic sector. Here are some of the news stories that have caught our interest.

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Welfare news stories:

• Welfare Reform Plans 'Punish the Poor'

  Published: 9 Feb 2012

  Scottish Government Housing Minister, Keith Brown, has expressed concerns about the impact that the UK Government’s Housing Benefit reforms will have on poorer households in Scotland.

• Welfare Reform to Cost Glasgow Millions

  Published: 13 Jan 2012

  Glasgow’s citizens will lose an estimated £84m per year under the UK Government’s welfare reform plans.

• Welfare Reform Rejection

  Published: 13 Jan 2012

  Three aspects of the government’s welfare reform plans were defeated in the House of Lords this week.

• Life of Poverty for Over a Third of Glasgow's Children

  Published: 10 Jan 2012

  The End Child Poverty campaign group has released a poverty map that tells us that over a third of children in Glasgow (35%) are living in poverty. The overall Scottish figure is reported as being one in five children.

• Child Poverty Could Rise by 100,000

  Published: 1 Dec 2011

  Child poverty groups voiced dismay at Chancellor George Osborne’s decision to freeze tax credits announced yesterday.

• UK Return to Recession

  Published: 1 Dec 2011

  Britain is on course to head back into recession early next year, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development announced on Monday, warning that the UK Government may have to relax its austerity programme to encourage growth.

• Fuel Poverty - Consumers Told to Shop Around

  Published: 19 Oct 2011

  Measures resulting from this weeks Energy Summit propose that consumers should shop around for the cheapest energy tariffs.

• Scottish Parliament Rejects Welfare Reform Bill

  Published: 8 Oct 2011

  On Wednesday, the Scottish Government backed calls to withhold consent for the Welfare Reform Bill.

• Concerns for Young People over Lack of Housing & ESA reforms

  Published: 30 Sep 2011

  Citizens Advice Scotland has issued a briefing detailing the effects that the financial crisis and welfare reform are having on young peoples’ ability to afford a home