Poverty charities demand new Scottish Child Payment is doubled to £20 a week
Updated: January 21, 2021, 3:43 pm
A coalition of charities has called for the Scottish Child Payment to be increased (Danny Lawson/PA)
The new Scottish Child Payment should be doubled to try and stem a “rising tide of child poverty”, according to a coalition of charities.
The £10 per week payment for eligible families is being introduced from next month as part of the Scottish Government’s efforts to tackle child poverty.
Parents and carers who receive other welfare support such as Universal Credit or unemployment benefits are able to apply for the payment for each child under the age of six, with the benefit being rolled out for all qualifying under-16s by 2022.
Almost one in four Scots kids living in poverty as charities call for action
The End Child Poverty coalition of anti-poverty groups, children’s charities and women’s organisations want all political parties to commit to at least doubling the value of the new Scottish Child Payment.
Almost one in every four children are living in poverty (Image: Daily Record)
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