'Deliberate act of harm': politicians failing to tackle child poverty, charity says A leading children's charity has warned inaction on child poverty is a 'deliberate' act of state harm ahead of the Programme for Government.

“Child poverty inaction is 'deliberate act of state harm'”

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‘I feel rage’ Save the Children boss demands action on Scottish child poverty scandal Claire Telfer is one of the country’s most influential charity chiefs. She tells our Writer at Large why the public wants politicians to do more…

‘I feel rage’: I talk to the head of Save the Children about child poverty in Scotland. She tells me how 1-in-3 families with babies live in poverty, that political failure by both govts brought us here and why the public want action not more hard heartedness

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‘I feel rage’ Save the Children boss demands action on Scottish child poverty scandal Claire Telfer is one of the country’s most influential charity chiefs. She tells our Writer at Large why the public wants politicians to do more…

I met with @neilmackay.bsky.social for his big read in today’s @heraldscotland.bsky.social about ending child poverty, the role of public attitudes, the need for a baby guarantee and harnessing the power of children & families

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The Herald has teamed up with 23 of the country's leading children and anti-poverty charities to call for the Scottish Child Payment to be increased to £40 per week

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Our response to Rachel Reeves' #SpringStatement 👇

It is a political choice to plunge 50,000 more children into poverty by the end of this parliament, as a result of the health and disability benefit cuts. This news will be devastating for families across the country struggling to make ends meet.

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Scottish Government's latest #ChildPoverty figures are out.

The BBC has been speaking to young parents in our Best Beginning group in Motherwell about the real impact of the cost of living crisis.

📺 Tune in BBC Reporting Scotland tonight, 6.30pm.

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Infuriating watching politicians try to explain away an increase in children in poverty. A values led, compassionate and informed approach would have dismissed any increase in child poverty as both indefensible and untenable.

We acknowledge the slight reduction in child poverty however, figures remain significantly above the interim target. @ScotGov must do more to prioritise ending child poverty to meet targets. Too many children in Scotland are still growing up in poverty 👇 www.aberlour.org.uk/news-item/ab...

Scottish policies “are working to shift the dial on child poverty” Scottish policies “are working to shift the dial on child poverty” say campaigners as official statistics show child poverty falling

PRESS RELEASE Scottish policies “are working to shift the dial on child poverty” say campaigners as official statistics show child poverty falling. bit.ly/41L0qjX

We also need to do more to create flexible jobs for parents, increase the supply of affordable childcare and roll out community based family services that support children to get a decent start & set them up for a better future (4/4)

Social security, esp the SCP, is supporting families. There is no running away from the fact this essential public service is needed & should go further. It’s the backbone to a comprehensive plan to end child poverty (3/4)

It is welcome to see child poverty reducing for the first time in years, especially in the face of rising poverty across the UK. Things have turned in the right direction. It gives us hope that policy & political choices in Scotland are working (2/4)

We are deeply disappointed that the interim child poverty targets have been missed. Too many families are still struggling to make ends meet. We simply need Holyrood & Westminster to do more for children (1/4)

🚨 BREAKING: Child poverty has hit a new record high in the UK.

These figures are a source of national shame. The rise in child poverty to 4.5 million is a direct consequence of political choices.

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We fear child poverty levels will rise as a direct result of the welfare reforms announced today.

870k children live in families that receive PIP & 290k of these are already in poverty.

A reduction in income for families with a disabled parent means more children will suffer.

Calls to act on child poverty as leaders gather for South Yorkshire summit Child poverty in Yorkshire is holding back the life chances of young people in the region, experts warn, as new polling outlines the social and economic toll of failing to act.

Proud to be hosting the Child Poverty Summit in Sheffield today, bringing together experts and people with lived experience of poverty to develop solutions that politicians can adopt to tackle this vital issue.

Let's get to work 🤝

#APlaceOfHope

"If our children can see us and be inspired by us, they can boss the future."

Brittany, a parent from the Sheffield Early Learning Community with some truly powerful words to end the Child Poverty Summit.

We're all leaving feeling inspired with hope for the future ❤️

🧵The First Minister is right - we predict the gap will grow between child poverty rates in Scotland and England and Wales - to around 10 percentage points.

The gap is largely as a result of the Child Payment and the commitment to end the two child limit.

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🚨 Breaking news: Scots are more concerned about poverty than people elsewhere in UK.

Read our new @trusselluk.bky.social
research 👇
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Big week in Scotland 💷

Budget.

Will it put us on the path to eradicating child poverty as the FM wants to?

Will the other parties push the Scottish Government on this?

How will we know if the budget is progress?

What sort of scale is needed?

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Scottish Household Survey 2023: trust in public institutions The Scottish Household Survey (SHS) is an annual survey of the general population in Scotland, carried out since 1999. It collects information on a range of topics through a random sample of people in...

worrying jump in levels of distrust of the Scottish Government: from 38 to 45% over year to 2023. Now as many people distrust as trust the Scottish Government (10% not sure).

Levels of trust matter, especially for taxation 1/

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📣New @jrf-uk.bsky.social research on ethnicity and persistent very deep poverty*.

Bangladeshi, Pakistani and Black African families are 5x more like to experience it than white families.

We wanted to dig into the reasons…

Why is there less free childcare for under-threes in Scotland? In England, Fiona would qualify for 15 hours of funded childcare per week, cutting down on the extra care she needs to pay for.

I had the pleasure of speaking about early learning and childcare in Scotland. We know that cost and lack of flexibility is still a major barrier for work, particularly for mothers. High quality childcare that flexes around the needs of low income families is needed: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...