Scottish government urged to use devolved powers on child poverty

Calls for commitment to topping up child element of universal credit to meet 2030 targets

The Scottish government is coming under pressure to commit to using its newly devolved powers to top up benefits in order to meet its child poverty targets.

Last November, Holyrood passed Scotland’s first child poverty bill, which reintroduced the statutory targets abolished by the UK government a year earlier. The four goals, which include reducing relative poverty from 26% to 10% of children and absolute poverty from 21% to 5% of children, must be met by 2030.

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from Children | The Guardian http://ift.tt/2FcgjHn