Minimum Income Guarantee report: SG response

Footnotes

1 Minimum Income Guarantee Expert Group (2025) The Minimum Income Guarantee: a roadmap to dignity for all

2 UK Government (2025) Spending Review 2025

3 Scottish Government (2025) Scotland's fiscal outlook: medium-term financial strategy

4 Scottish Government (2025) Fiscal sustainability delivery plan

5 Scottish Government (2025) Child poverty in Scotland falls

6 Scottish Government (2025) Child poverty in Scotland falls

7 House of Commons Library (2016) Child Poverty in the UK (Target for Reduction) Bill, 2016-17

8 Scottish Government (2025) Child poverty modelling: update

9 Scottish Fiscal Commission (2025) Scotland’s Economic and Fiscal Forecasts Update – June 2025

10 UK Parliament (2025) Universal Credit Act 2025 - Parliamentary Bills

11 Department for Work and Pensions (2025) Impact Assessment

12 Scottish Government (2025) Programme for Government 2025-26

13 Scottish Government (2025) Health outcomes of experiencing poverty in the early years: evidence review

14 Scottish Government (2025) Five Family Payments: evaluation

15 Independent Review of Adult Disability Payment (2025) Independent Review of Adult Disability Payment Final Report Summary

16 Audit Scotland (2025) Adult Disability Payment

17 Scottish Government (2024) Supporting documents - Examining outcomes associated with Social Security Scotland spending: an evidence synthesis

18 Scottish Government (2025) Programme for Government 2025 to 2026

19 Work and Pensions Committee (2025) Pensioner Poverty: challenges and mitigations

20 Scottish Government (2025) Scotland's Public Service Reform Strategy: Delivering for Scotland

21 UK Government (2025) Biggest fraud crackdown in a generation

22 Scottish Government (2025) Our Seldom-Heard Action Plan 2025-2026

23 UK Parliament (2025) Universal Credit Act 2025 - Parliamentary Bills

24 Work and Pension Committee (2025) Get Britain Working: Pathways to work

25 Scottish Government (2025) Scotland’s Public Service Reform Strategy Delivering for Scotland.

26 Scottish Government (2023) School age childcare delivery framework

27 Scottish Government (2022) Best Start, Bright Futures: tackling child poverty delivery plan 2022 to 2026

28 Scottish Government (2024) Early Adopter Communities: Process Evaluation

29 Scottish Government (2025) National Standard for early learning and childcare

30 Scottish Government (2025) Tackling Scotland's Housing Emergency

31 Scottish Government (2025) Care Reform (Scotland) Act 2025

32 Scottish Government (2025) National Care Service: Interim Advisory Board

33 Scottish Government (2022) National Carers Strategy

34 Carer Positive Employer in Scotland (2025) Carer Positive the standard for employers in creating supportive working environment for carers

35 Transport Scotland (2020) National Transport Strategy

36 Scottish Government (2024) Energy: Social Tariff Working Group

37 WPI Economics (2024) Economic Impact of a Minimum Income Guarantee: Analysis of economic theory and policy evidence

38 Scottish Government (2023) Conditionality in public sector grants - Fair Work First: guidance - March 2023

39 Scottish Government (2025) Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings 2025

40 Labour (2024) Labour's plan to make work pay: delivering a new deal for working people

41 UK Parliament (2025) Employment Rights Bill - Parliamentary Bills

42 Department for Business and Trade (2024) Employment Rights Bill - Evidence and Analysis

43 Scottish Government (2025) National Standard for early learning and childcare

44 Scottish Government (2024) No One Left Behind: employability strategic plan 2024 to 2027

45 Scottish Government (2025) Scotland's Devolved Employment Services: No One Left Behind Statistical Summary October 2025

46 Scottish Government (2024) No One Left Behind: employability strategic plan 2024 to 2027

47 Scottish Government (2025) Equality Outcomes 2025-2029

48 Scottish Government (2023) Scotland’s Equality Evidence Strategy 2023-2025

49 The Collective (2025) Intersectional data gaps - Minimum Income Guarantee Expert Group work and potential trial in Scotland: intersectional analysis

50 Social Security Scotland (2025) Social Security Scotland client and applicant diversity and equalities analysis for April 2024 to March 2025

51 Scottish Government (2025) Disability Equality Plan

52 Carers UK (2024) Women and Unpaid Caring in Scotland

53 Scottish Government (2025) Understanding the changing nature and context of poverty in Scottish rural and island communities since 2010

54 Scottish Government (2023) Rural and islands housing: action plan