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Set of scales with heavy bank notes on the left and small stack of light coins on the right.

28 Mar 2024

Scottish and UK Governments must act on tax to address ‘soaring inequality’
Wallet with no money

21 Mar 2024

Scottish poverty rate remains ‘a shameful stain on our collective conscience’
Climate activists marching in Glasgow during COP26 holding an array of banners and placards.

20 Mar 2024

Time to stop playing politics with the planet and people’s lives
An Oxfam shop window

18 Mar 2024

Oxfam’s Lanark shop issues urgent appeal for more volunteers to help keep shop doors open
Text reads: The First Minister must act to make polluters pay

14 Mar 2024

Biggest and better off polluters must pay the climate bill
Margaret Chiwanza

8 Mar 2024

We must support this forgotten group of carers
Carmen Martinez, Coordinator of the Scottish Women’s Budget Group

7 Mar 2024

Childcare driving women into poverty
First edition copies of Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s Poems

5 Mar 2024

Mystery Donor’s Manuscripts Make Monumental Mark with Record-Breaking Charity Sale
Nyatoni Row is a 35 years old mother of four who fled South Sudan due to conflicts and is now a refugee in the Gambella Region in western Ethiopia.

2 Mar 2024

Oxfam welcomes Scottish Government funds for ‘forgotten’ refugee crisis
Weighing scales, with the hashtag #TimeToTax

27 Feb 2024

Scottish Budget’s approach to tax an ‘alarmingly muddled misstep and fundamentally flawed’
Illustration of woman holding sign saying People and Planet over profit

19 Feb 2024

People and planet must be put before politics and profit

8 Feb 2024

Rare Scottish record set to strike charitable chord