The Holyrood Baby

The Holyrood Baby: How the pandemic and poverty are shaping young lives

After Covid and amidst the cost-of-living crisis, we catch up with life for Kirsty and mum Caley

Education committee launch inquiry on attainment gap cash

MSPs are assessing efforts to close the gap between pupils from the most and least deprived backgrounds

Attainment funding overhaul cuts cash to poorest council areas

Double Scottish Child Payment, finance secretary told

Thousands plunged into poverty as Universal Credit cut, charities warn

Scottish Government slammed for not immediately doubling Scottish Child Payment

Third of Scottish families to lose out when Universal Credit uplift is reversed

Cross-parliament call to keep £20 Universal Credit uplift

DWP must share data to enable Scottish Child Payment rollout, MPs say

Father's Day: Kirsty, the Holyrood baby, needs her dad

What is a barnahus and why is it needed in Scotland?

Two-child benefit cap breaches children’s rights, warn commissioners

In context: United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) Bill

Child poverty rising in every council area in Scotland

The Holyrood baby at five: A childhood scarred by poverty

More in common: what can shared aspirations tell us about the next parliament?

Building blocks: an interview with Scotland's children's commissioner

SNP pledges to expand free childcare to one-year-olds

Child poverty in Scotland increased even before pandemic

In context: Scotland's baby box

Keeping the promise: one year on from the care review

Food fights: Putting dignity in the right to food

£1m childminder support fund announced

Bus pass for young people rollout in 2021-22

Nicola Sturgeon announces £100m to bridge the gap until Scottish Child Payment begins

SNP conference: New winter payments for low income families