Council leader Susan Aitken will ask Glasgow councillors to back her call for the UK’s new Prime Minister to act on “unacceptable” child…
Susan Aitken will ask Glasgow councillors to back her call for the UK’s new Prime Minister to act on “unacceptable” child poverty in the city.leader, Aitken, said she wants the council to speak with “one voice” and agree to write to the leader of the next government to urge it to use its “significant powers” to “address this scourge”.
It states the “eradication of child poverty is not a commitment that can be achieved by the Scottish Government or by Glasgow City Council alone”. “Whoever is the next UK Government, they have a moral obligation to make the right choice and use the significant powers at their disposal to address this scourge, particularly as the direct connection between policies like the two-child cap and poverty rates is clear.
Her motion invites the new Prime Minister to “examine and replicate the success of the Scottish Child Payment”. It also attributes progress on reducing child poverty to council schemes such as its holiday
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