Recent figures suggest a quarter of Scotland's children were living in poverty in the early years of this decade.

Swinney said there was 'potential to make a real and radical difference to the lives of children in Scotland' through his ...

John Swinney will set out his vision for eradicating child poverty across Scotland in a major speech on Wednesday. The First ...

Scotland will never reach its full potential unless and until each and every one of us is able to flourish. I think of all the lost potential because poverty leads to lower achievement at school. I ...

In North Lanarkshire, the SNP’s Social Security System already supports families through the unique Scottish Child Payment, ...

John Swinney targets eradicating child poverty in Scotland ...

Speaking on a visit to Glasgow, the Deputy Prime Minister said the UK Government was "determined" to improve the lives of ...

Ahead of a major speech, he said: “I am under no illusions that we will be able to end child poverty in Scotland overnight. “It will take strong, collective action in the long-term – and ...

First Minister John Swinney has said his Government could accelerate plans to effectively scrap the two-child cap in Scotland (Jeff ... of children out of poverty.” He also said that if the ...

John Swinney refused to rule out seeing his leadership as a failure if his government failed to reduce child poverty rates in Scotland. The eradication of child poverty has been described as the ...

Anas Sarwar has claimed Scotland cannot end poverty by simply paying higher benefits. In his first big speech of 2025, the Scottish Labour leader tore into the SNP's 18 years in power at Holyrood and ...

John Swinney has said he is “under no illusions” about the time it will take ministers to achieve his goal of ending child ...