An equalities approach should involve: • Responding to the additional costs disabled people incur in their daily lives; • Taking account of analysis relating to the single household payment for Universal Credit and introducing split payments by default to minimise the impact of economic abuse; and • Considering the structural barriers which continue to reinforce the concentration of certain groups. [...] From a human rights perspective, implementation of a MIG would provide a way for the Scottish Government to fulfil their obligation to ensure the realisation of the right to an adequate standard of living and social security is possible for all people in Scotland. [...] Prioritise the pre-existing commitment to model a Minimum Income Guarantee for unpaid carers In the 2023/4 Programme for Government, the Scottish Government outlined a commitment to work with the MIG Expert Group “to model a MIG for unpaid carers, the majority of whom are women, and who have been hard hit by the cost of living crisis.”16 There are approximately 800,000 people in Scotland providing. [...] There is a need to ensure that the Scottish Government and the Expert Group develop a model to adequately and proactively embed the additional costs of disability into the MIG. [...] The policy changes required to achieve a MIG progress all the key areas of activity outlined in Best Start, Bright Futures including: increasing access to fair work that pays the real Living Wage; improving and reducing the costs of essential services such as childcare and transport; and reforming and increasing uptake of social security support.
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Table of Contents
- Challenge Poverty Week 2024 Policy Briefing 3 A Scotland where we all have enough to live a decent and dignified life 2
- Introduction 2
- What are we calling for 2
- What is Challenge Poverty Week 2
- Challenge Poverty Week 2024 Policy Briefing 3 A Scotland where we all have enough to live a decent and dignified life 3
- Minimum Income Guarantee MIG 3
- What is a Minimum Income Guarantee 3
- Challenge Poverty Week 2024 Policy Briefing 3 A Scotland where we all have enough to live a decent and dignified life 4
- Tackling inequalities in Scotland 4
- Challenge Poverty Week 2024 Policy Briefing 3 A Scotland where we all have enough to live a decent and dignified life 5
- How do we get there 5
- Implement an Essentials Guarantee 5
- Challenge Poverty Week 2024 Policy Briefing 3 A Scotland where we all have enough to live a decent and dignified life 6
- Increase the Scottish Child Payment to 40 per week 6
- Increase the funded childcare entitlement and encourage greater uptake of funded hours 6
- Challenge Poverty Week 2024 Policy Briefing 3 A Scotland where we all have enough to live a decent and dignified life 7
- Even if the Government help me you have to top up and Im only doing twenty hours for three kids so I just cannot afford it for after school club. 7
- Prioritise the pre-existing commitment to model a Minimum Income Guarantee for unpaid carers 7
- Challenge Poverty Week 2024 Policy Briefing 3 A Scotland where we all have enough to live a decent and dignified life 8
- Best Start Bright Futures 8
- Challenge Poverty Week 2024 Policy Briefing 3 A Scotland where we all have enough to live a decent and dignified life 9
- Challenge Poverty Week 2024 Policy Briefing 3 A Scotland where we all have enough to live a decent and dignified life 10
- Challenge Poverty Week 2024 Policy Briefing 3 A Scotland where we all have enough to live a decent and dignified life 11
- Developing our policy asks 11
- Challenge Poverty Week 2024 Policy Briefing 3 A Scotland where we all have enough to live a decent and dignified life 12
- How will this help Scotland to meet our child poverty targets 12
- Best Start Bright Futures 12
- Best Start Bright Futures 12
- For more information please contact Policy and Campaigns Manager ruth.boylepovertyalliance.org 12
- Policy and Parliamentary Officer chloe.campbellpovertyalliance.org 12
