Child poverty
Views sought on Holyrood’s ‘landmark’ child poverty legislation
![Scots charity chief slams parties for ignoring child poverty in campaign](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18222808.jpg)
![Scots charity chief slams parties for ignoring child poverty in campaign](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18222808.jpg)
General Election
![Child poverty](/resources/images/128x89/1x/7609983.jpg)
![Child poverty](/resources/images/180x180/1x/7609983.jpg)
![Judy Murray](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18162339.jpg)
![Judy Murray](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18162339.jpg)
![Children's charities call on Swinney to hike Scottish Child Payment to £40 a week](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18108859.jpg)
![Children's charities call on Swinney to hike Scottish Child Payment to £40 a week](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18108859.jpg)
![A quarter of children in Scotland are living in poverty](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17896038.jpg)
![A quarter of children in Scotland are living in poverty](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17896038.jpg)
![A recent protest by Waspi (Women Against State Pension Inequality) women](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17724582.jpg)
![A recent protest by Waspi (Women Against State Pension Inequality) women](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17724582.jpg)
!['Wake up call' for SNP as figures show child poverty targets at risk of being missed](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16300190.jpg)
!['Wake up call' for SNP as figures show child poverty targets at risk of being missed](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16300190.jpg)
![Child poverty](/resources/images/128x89/1x/12618823.jpg)
![Child poverty](/resources/images/180x180/1x/12618823.jpg)
![Calls are being made for Holyrood to have powers over employment support to tackle child poverty](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13790046.jpg)
![Calls are being made for Holyrood to have powers over employment support to tackle child poverty](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13790046.jpg)
![Humza Yousaf](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17799241.jpg)
![Humza Yousaf](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17799241.jpg)
![Thousands of Redbridge children are living in poverty, according to new figures. Picture: PA Images/Brian Lawless](/resources/images/128x89/1x/15052019.jpg)
![Thousands of Redbridge children are living in poverty, according to new figures. Picture: PA Images/Brian Lawless](/resources/images/180x180/1x/15052019.jpg)
![Thousands of Redbridge children are living in poverty, according to new figures. Picture: PA Images/Brian Lawless](/resources/images/128x89/1x/15052019.jpg)
![Thousands of Redbridge children are living in poverty, according to new figures. Picture: PA Images/Brian Lawless](/resources/images/180x180/1x/15052019.jpg)
![Child Poverty Action Group calls on Scottish child payment to be increased in budget](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17519441.jpg)
![Child Poverty Action Group calls on Scottish child payment to be increased in budget](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17519441.jpg)
![Humza Yousaf and former finance secretary Kate Forbes during the SNP leadership election](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16550384.jpg)
![Humza Yousaf and former finance secretary Kate Forbes during the SNP leadership election](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16550384.jpg)
Updated
![Child hunger has risen by more than 600 per cent in some parts of Scotland](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17424812.jpg)
![Child hunger has risen by more than 600 per cent in some parts of Scotland](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17424812.jpg)
Exclusive
![Bridgton based charity to help children living through poverty](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17406110.jpg)
![Bridgton based charity to help children living through poverty](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17406110.jpg)
![Scotland's welfare policies are shielding the most vulnerable](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17015650.jpg)
![Scotland's welfare policies are shielding the most vulnerable](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17015650.jpg)
![Carla Malseed](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17274204.jpg)
![Carla Malseed](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17274204.jpg)
![Suzi Murning](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17260882.jpg)
![Suzi Murning](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17260882.jpg)
![This will be the first time Ms Sturgeon has addressed the debating chamber since March 23.](/resources/images/128x89/1x/6920145.jpg)
![This will be the first time Ms Sturgeon has addressed the debating chamber since March 23.](/resources/images/180x180/1x/6920145.jpg)
![Nicola Sturgeon leaving the Holyrood chamber after her last speech on March 23](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17195862.jpg)
![Nicola Sturgeon leaving the Holyrood chamber after her last speech on March 23](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17195862.jpg)
Exclusive
![Humza Yousaf](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17193098.jpg)
![Humza Yousaf](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17193098.jpg)
![First Minister Humza Yousaf](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16505409.jpg)
![First Minister Humza Yousaf](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16505409.jpg)
![Child poverty is a major problem in today's Scotland](/resources/images/128x89/1x/9841956.jpg)
![Child poverty is a major problem in today's Scotland](/resources/images/180x180/1x/9841956.jpg)
Letters
![Humza Yousaf](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17043672.jpg)
![Humza Yousaf](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17043672.jpg)
![An additional 20,000 children in Scotland were placed into poverty, a study commissioned by the SNP found](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17015650.jpg)
![An additional 20,000 children in Scotland were placed into poverty, a study commissioned by the SNP found](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17015650.jpg)
![The charities say families are being hit hard](/resources/images/128x89/1x/10874491.jpg)
![The charities say families are being hit hard](/resources/images/180x180/1x/10874491.jpg)
![Eight in 10 Scots believe wealth is concentrated in too few hands](/resources/images/128x89/1x/10874491.jpg)
![Eight in 10 Scots believe wealth is concentrated in too few hands](/resources/images/180x180/1x/10874491.jpg)
!['Devastating' new figures show quarter of all Scotland’s children living in poverty](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16300190.jpg)
!['Devastating' new figures show quarter of all Scotland’s children living in poverty](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16300190.jpg)
![Scottish ministers failing to plan properly to cut child poverty, says watchdog](/resources/images/128x89/1x/9604998.jpg)
![Scottish ministers failing to plan properly to cut child poverty, says watchdog](/resources/images/180x180/1x/9604998.jpg)
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