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A black and white photo of a child walking down the street wearing a winter hat. You can see adults legs walking alongside.

26 Mar 2026

Progress on child poverty too little and too slow
Women in brightly coloured clothes bending down and collecting water from a tap amid lush green vegetation in Malawi

25 Mar 2026

Scottish Government backs lifechanging climate resilience work in Malawi
Oil rig on the horizon in the sea. Foreground is rocks and a bird perched on one.

24 Mar 2026

Global crises show why Scotland can’t rely on future climate fixes
In the Pinyudo refugee camp in Gambella, Adugk, a south sudanese refugee, is pumping clean water in one of Oxfam's water installations.

16 Mar 2026

A political choice to allow suffering and death
Little girl looking outside through door and window panes

12 Mar 2026

Plan without enough pounds won’t end child poverty
Paul Dixon holding Iona Celtic Art book on the steps of Oxfam Stirling

5 Mar 2026

Four decades later… a modern-day J.R. Hartley book hunt that ended at Oxfam
A Scottish Landscape

25 Feb 2026

Climate progress recognised but Ministers must not bank on fanciful future fixes in ‘high-stakes gamble’
Private jet on the runway at sunset

4 Feb 2026

Private jet tax must be tough, fast and fearless
Photo of tenement flats in Glasgow

4 Feb 2026

Council Tax under fire as Scots strongly back reform
Image of a row of houses with green grass in the foreground and blue sky

29 Jan 2026

What's so wrong with Council Tax?
A towering pile of neatly stacked $100 bills, bundled with golden bands, with a few bills floating around the heap. The scene is bathed in soft golden light, emphasising the wealth and abundance of the cash

19 Jan 2026

Billionaire wealth jumps three times faster in 2025 to highest peak ever, sparking dangerous political inequality
A stylised illustration of a private jet flying above a grayscale Earth, with messy black loops encircling the planet, all set against a textured green background.

13 Jan 2026

Private jet tax aims to end super-rich’s pass to pollute