Updates

Edinburgh Poverty Commissioner Celia Tennant reflects that to tackle the scale of inequality of youth unemployment it will take radical and bold intervention. Read her full blog on Inspiring Scotland’s website

Commissioner Sandy MacDonald calls for the private sector to find common purpose for better social outcomes in his article in the Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce’s latest bi-monthly magazine. Go to the full article on page 8 of the Economy and Resilience themed Business Comment.

Commission Member Zoe Ferguson recently wrote a blog reflecting on the Commission’s experience of publishing its latest report examining the impact of coronavirus on people living in poverty in Edinburgh.
She notes that despite there being increasingly widening inequalities in the city, this pandemic should be a catalyst for compassionate change.
Go to the full article on the Sceptical Scot website.

This week, we published our latest interim report, Poverty and Coronavirus in Edinburgh, which examines the impact of the pandemic on people living in poverty in the city.

On the back of this, we have been delighted with the response that local and national media have had to this report.

Below are some highlights:

• BBC Radio Scotland – Commission Member and co-author of the report, Zoe Ferguson, discussed the report with presenter, Laura Maxwell, on the flagship programme, Good Morning Scotland.

• STV News – Poverty gap could be ‘magnified’ by coronavirus crisis

• The Times – Coronavirus in Scotland: Layoffs spell rise in poverty in Edinburgh

• The Herald – Coronavirus: Empty hotels and Airbnbs could be used to permanently shelter homeless families

• The Scotsman – Warning coronavirus could widen rich-poor gap

• The Daily Record – Health crisis risks widening poverty gap

• The Scottish Sun – Empty AirBnB flats in Edinburgh could be bought by council to help house homeless

• Edinburgh Evening News – Edinburgh Airbnb flats could be bought by council to house homeless: Poverty Commission says gains made during coronavirus crisis must not be lost

• Edinburgh Live – Edinburgh to see huge widening of poverty gap from pandemic, with unemployment numbers set to soar

• Scottish Housing News – Report reveals impact of coronavirus on poverty in Edinburgh