Percentage of children in poverty, 2021/22, by country: https://www.actionforchildren.org.uk/blog/where-is-child-poverty-increasing-in-the-uk/ The Scottish Child Payment – a benefit unique to Scotland that sees every child under 16 given £25 a week in support – is making a “real difference” to food bank use in the country, a leading charity has said. The Trussell Trust, which provides emergency food parcels across the UK, said its data suggested that the payment was having a positive impact on children’s poverty rates. In England, the number of children forced to turn to the charity’s services in the period ending March 2023 was 42% higher than it … Continue reading Anas, right now in Wales far more children are in poverty and homeless on Labour’s watch than in Scotland on the SNP’s watch