First Minister they have called on her to “do the right thing” to help thousands of poverty-stricken children. The SCP is a vital £10-a-week payment for low income Scots that has initially been paid out for the under 6s.
Sturgeon’s SNP Government plans to extend the income boost to under-16s by the end of next year and double it to £20 a week over the course of the five year term.
However, around 260,000 kids are living in poverty and a think tank has projected it could rise to 29% of all children by 2023 - the highest in over twenty years.In an unprecedented call, the End Child Poverty Coalition is demanding the doubling of the SCP is brought forward much earlier.They want a commitment included in Sturgeon’s “programme for government” this.
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