Anti-poverty campaigners are urging the Scottish government to increase the Scottish Child Payment to £40 per week before the next Holyrood election. They argue the current payment of £27.15 per week has not kept pace with inflation and the rising cost of living.
The Scottish Child Payment must be increased to £40 per week before the next Holyrood election, anti-poverty campaigners have demanded.
Peter Kelly, chief executive of the Poverty Alliance, said: “Scotland is one of the wealthiest countries in the world, making our current trends on child homelessness and our deepening poverty not only unjust, but entirely unnecessary. We know it doesn’t have to be like this." The future of welfare spending in Scotland has come into focus this week after Anas Sarwar warned poverty could not be reduced by simply paying higher benefits.
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