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Poverty activists urge ministers to roll out new Child Payment as more Renfrewshire families live below the breadline
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dailyrecord.co.ukthe direct and immediate support needed. “While the forthcoming Scottish Child Payment has been welcomed, it will not start to reach families until 2021, but so many families need help right now.“Anti-poverty organisations from across Scotland have repeatedly called for the Scottish Government to bring forward a payment equivalent to the SCP as soon as possible.“The Scottish Government has both the ability and moral obligation to do this.”A spokesman for the government said: “We recognise that this is a difficult time for many families and more people are facing financial insecurity from the economic impacts of coronavirus.“This is why we are prioritising the introduction of the new Scottish Child Payment which will tackle child poverty.
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