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John H McKendrick

About John H McKendrick

Professor John H McKendrick is a co-director of the Scottish Poverty and Inequality Research Unit (SPIRU) in the Glasgow School for Business and Society at Glasgow Caledonian University. His research and professional interests straddle three areas: poverty, play and children's environments.

Another Johnson untruth on poverty

December 6, 2019 by John H McKendrick Leave a Comment

‘Boris Johnson’s bold claim about child poverty needs some careful consideration – it is a very partial truth that completely misrepresents wider realities.’

Tackling Scotland’s poverty crisis

April 8, 2018 by John H McKendrick 2 Comments

‘When the UK government reneged on the Child Poverty Act 2010 with its goal of eradicating child poverty in the UK by 2020, Scotland dissented and set about introducing an equivalent goal for Scotland.’

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