From the Scottish government this morning but not the kind of story that BBC Reporting Scotland down or ‘our’ other MSM will be headlining:
More families will benefit from funded school age childcare as part of a national mission to tackle child poverty.
The Scottish Government is investing £1 million to expand services in parts of Dundee, Glasgow, Clackmannanshire and Inverclyde, with a roll-out of similar provision in other parts of Scotland from April 2023.
Eligible low income families in the four targeted areas will be helped with the cost of childcare for primary school aged children. Families in most need will pay nothing.
Children’s Minister Clare Haughey, who today visited the Linlathen area of Dundee to speak to families accessing school age childcare, said:
“Delivering our vision of a high-quality, affordable and accessible system of childcare is crucial to our national mission to tackle child poverty. It can help parents and carers to access work, training or study, while children benefit from additional opportunities to socialise and take part in a range of activities.
https://www.gov.scot/publications/best-start-strategic-early-learning-school-age-childcare-plan-scotland-2022-26/
Talking-up Scotland 
The BBC and MSM will not wish to broadcast this too widely in case it starts to benefit parents and children most in need. Improving the lives and aspirations of young Scots will never do.
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Yes, this does not fit with ‘the highest taxed part of the UK’ false narrative which the Tories have been peddling for several years and which is dutifully repeated, unexamined or ‘fact checked’ by BBC Scotland.
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