The Scottish Government released its progress report last week on its ‘Tackling Child Poverty Delivery Plan’ – which announced that the ‘Scottish Child Payment’ of £10 per child per week won’t be delivered until 2021.
“Targets to reduce child poverty must not be allowed to be a casualty of COVID-19. Any plan for recovery must prioritise these recommendations, or this will almost certainly be the outcome.” – One Parent Families Scotland Director, Satwat Rehman.
Read: Tackling child poverty: second year progress report (2019-2020).