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Scots churches, charities and unions unite in plea to SNP over 'intolerable' poverty

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

65% : It's because they were pushed and lobbied into taking action.
60% : " Is the SNP scared of upsetting middle-class voters by reforming council tax?
59% : " The Poverty Alliance usually confines itself to tactics like lobbying government and compiling reports, but inequality remains so ingrained in Scotland, with too little government action to address it, that Kelly and his members simply felt there was no alternative but to change course.
59% : He adds: "There has undoubtedly been a failure of political courage in addressing the inequities of council tax.
58% : " One of the biggest demands - under the call for better social security - is an end to the two-child benefit cap.
55% : A crisis demands action.
54% : If that were the case we might have seen change around council tax.
52% : With so much of the economy owned by overseas investors, wealth "accrues elsewhere, avoiding taxation and presenting fiscal challenges for governments wanting to address poverty".
52% : "All areas of government spending and revenue-raising should be poverty-proofed," Kelly adds.
49% : It's a regressive form of taxation and the outcome of various reviews over the last 20 years should have led to reform.
48% : Civic society groups in the Poverty Alliance felt it was time to move away from "the usual ways we engage with government".
45% : " In Scotland, the Child Poverty Act, and policies like the child payment, wouldn't have happened unless "civic society collectively lobbied".
45% : " Fixing social care is "absolutely critical" to addressing poverty, particularly for the workers who keep the system going on low pay.
44% : The Scottish Government's rhetoric is good on social issues, but in terms of action it's lacking.
42% : He thinks populism would lead to "slashing welfare spending".
39% : " When it comes to issues like government procurement, a condition of every penny spent should be that it helps in the fight against poverty.
36% : Kelly believes anti-poverty policies will undercut "divisive, negative rhetoric".
36% : " Despite widespread public disappointment in Sir Keir Starmer's government, Kelly says "there are definitely opportunities that weren't there over the last 14 years".

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