The Holyrood Baby

Kirsty the Holyrood Baby: 'Every day that goes by, the Scottish Child Payment is worth less and less'

Kirsty, a fictional child born in a deprived area of Scotland, has just turned seven

Holyrood baby: Attainment gap at primary school is holding children back

Kirsty is now in P2 and the attainment gap is already apparent – the most recent figures show it has widened in the last few years

Beating poverty takes more than good intentions

SNP MP tables bill to establish neonatal leave scheme

The Holyrood Baby: How the pandemic and poverty are shaping young lives

Education committee launch inquiry on attainment gap cash

Attainment funding overhaul cuts cash to poorest council areas

Double Scottish Child Payment, finance secretary told

Thousands plunged into poverty as Universal Credit cut, charities warn

Scottish Government slammed for not immediately doubling Scottish Child Payment

Third of Scottish families to lose out when Universal Credit uplift is reversed

Cross-parliament call to keep £20 Universal Credit uplift

DWP must share data to enable Scottish Child Payment rollout, MPs say

Father's Day: Kirsty, the Holyrood baby, needs her dad

What is a barnahus and why is it needed in Scotland?

Two-child benefit cap breaches children’s rights, warn commissioners

In context: United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) Bill

Child poverty rising in every council area in Scotland

The Holyrood baby at five: A childhood scarred by poverty

More in common: what can shared aspirations tell us about the next parliament?

Building blocks: an interview with Scotland's children's commissioner

SNP pledges to expand free childcare to one-year-olds

Child poverty in Scotland increased even before pandemic

In context: Scotland's baby box

Keeping the promise: one year on from the care review

Food fights: Putting dignity in the right to food