poverty

Emma Roddick MSP Visits Highland BlindCraft, Highlighting Importance of Social Inclusion and Tackling Poverty

MSP for the Highlands and Islands region Emma Roddick today visited Highland BlindCraft in Inverness, a social enterprise providing employment…

1 year ago

Emma Roddick MSP says austerity-led UK Government continues to hinder progress on closing Scotland’s attainment gap

Highlands & Islands MSP Emma Roddick has said that Scotland’s poverty-related attainment gap cannot be tackled by schools alone, claiming…

3 years ago

Highlands & Islands MSP highlights contrast between UK and Scottish Government approaches to cost-of-living crisis

Emma speaking in Parliament in the Programme for Government (Cost of Living) SNP MSP for the Highlands & Islands Emma…

4 years ago

Highlands and Islands Cost-of-Living Survey: Emma Roddick MSP shares results

As the Tory Cost of Living Crisis is having devastating consequences across the Highlands and Islands, Emma Roddick MSP put…

4 years ago

Highlands MSP says Minimum Income Guarantee will be key in eradicating poverty

SNP MSP Roddick has stated the importance of introducing a minimum income guarantee in Scotland, which would ensure nobody would…

4 years ago

SNP MSP WARNS OVER ‘ASTRONOMICAL’ COST OF LIVING FOR ISLAND COMMUNITIES IN MOVE TOWARDS NET-ZERO

Emma Roddick has today highlighted the need to find balance in achieving net-zero whilst also not pushing island communities further…

4 years ago

HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS MSP: WESTMINSTER ‘TAKING FOOD OUT OF KIDS’ MOUTHS’ WITH BENEFITS CLIFF EDGE

“It’s impossible to leave politics at the door on this" Social Justice and Social Security Committee member Emma Roddick MSP…

4 years ago

EMMA RODDICK MSP: DWP REFUSAL TO SHARE SANCTIONS DATA “FUNDAMENTALLY DISHONEST”

Speaking in the Scottish Parliament on Thursday [31ST MARCH], Highlands and Islands MSP Emma Roddick backed the call by a…

4 years ago

Emma Roddick MSP welcomes 6% increase to social security in Scotland

Emma Roddick MSP for the Highlands and Islands has welcomed the news from that social security payments issued by the…

4 years ago

SNP MSP criticises Tory Bedroom Tax and “remarkable” low spend on UK housing support

Highlands and Islands MSP Emma Roddick has criticised the UK Government’s spend on Discretionary Housing Payments, highlighting that the total…

4 years ago