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The Cost of Living Crisis in Scotland


The Cost of Living Crisis in Scotland: analytical report - gov.scot

The crisis is placing significant additional pressures on public and third sector services. It is already negatively affecting mental and ...

Cost of living crisis - gov.scot - The Scottish Government

Find out what help is available via our cost of living crisis support website. People all across Scotland are being affected by the most severe economic crisis ...

Cost of living: impact on rural communities in Scotland

A report by the Scottish Government in 2021 estimated that the minimum cost of living in remote rural Scotland was between 15% to 30% higher than urban parts ...

New data shows the cost-of-living is still harming Scots' mental ...

A third of Scottish adults (34%) had relied on unsecured debt to pay essential living costs in the last 12 months.

CAS report exposes "frightening" reality of cost of living crisis

A new report from Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) details the breadth and depth of the cost of living crisis, with soaring energy bills driving “frightening” ...

Tackling the cost of living – Scottish Government Policy

The Scottish Government has highlighted around £3 billion of spending per year on policies that help tackle the cost of living.

Commission urges focus in Scottish Budget to tackle impact of cost ...

The Commission examines the impact of the cost of living crisis on the human rights of people in Scotland, in a new report to the Council of Europe.

Cost of living crisis set to cut lives short and widen wealth-health gap

The cost of living crisis is set to cut lives short and significantly widen the wealth and health gap between the richest and poorest in ...

Mitigating long term impacts of the cost of living crisis - Our blog

The cost of living crisis follows the effects of austerity, the covid-19 pandemic and rising economic inequality in Scotland. These events ...

10 cold, hard facts: Low-income Scottish families grow weary after ...

10 cold, hard facts: Low-income Scottish families grow weary after another winter of the cost of living crisis · 1. Going without the essentials.

Poverty and Inequality Commission Cost of Living Advice to Scottish ...

While most of the powers to act on the cost of living crisis lie with the UK Government, the Scottish Government has an important role in supporting households ...

The differences in how consumers in Scotland have experienced the ...

What we now call the cost of living crisis began with energy, when prices rose dramatically in early 2022. The price rise was sharp and required ...

The Cost-of-Living Crisis is a Health Crisis: A Call to Action from the ...

The Committee of the Faculty of Public Health in Scotland calls for urgent action from the UK and. Scottish Governments to mitigate the impacts of the cost-of- ...

What is the Cost Crisis – Young Scot

How is the Cost Crisis Affecting People in Scotland? · 92% of Scots have seen the cost of their food shop increase · 42% of Scots had to spend ...

Young women's experiences of the cost-of-living crisis in Scotland

This report details the findings of a national research project that investigates young women's experiences of the ongoing cost-of-living crisis in Scotland.

Cost of living: Third of Scots go into debt to pay for food | The Herald

Everyday living essentials are still "prohibitively expensive" for many people, the charity said, as the survey showed 34 per cent of Scottish ...

Cost of living crisis: 'We're not really living any more' - BBC

As the cost of living crisis continues, BBC Scotland news has been looking at how people are coping.

Cost of living crisis is a human rights crisis

Poverty rates are rising and 60 per cent of adults in Scotland living in poverty are in working households · The right to food is hindered by the ...

2021–present United Kingdom cost-of-living crisis - Wikipedia

Since late 2021, the prices for many essential goods in the United Kingdom began increasing faster than household incomes, resulting in a fall in real ...

UK cost of living crisis | The Guardian

'If you pay more than £4, you're being ripped off': the fair price for 14 everyday items, from cleaning spray to olive oil