BBC Scotland today, above, based on the Joseph Rowntree Foundation Scotland‘s report today:

From the Joseph Rowntree Foundation’s UK Poverty 2024:

and:

Child poverty rates in Scotland (24%) remain much lower than those in England (31%) and Wales (28%) and are similar (if slightly higher) than in Northern Ireland (22%). This is likely to be due, at least in part, to the Scottish Child Payment. This highlights the effect benefits can have in reducing poverty.

BBC England today?

Nothing.

BBC Wales?

Nothing.

It’s almost as if BBC England and Wales don’t have an agenda to undermine their Labour governments.

Sources:

https://www.jrf.org.uk/uk-poverty-2024-the-essential-guide-to-understanding-poverty-in-the-uk#:~:text=Poverty%20across%20the%20UK,-Poverty%20rates%20vary&text=Between%202019%2F20%20and%202021%2F22%2C%20the%20average%20poverty,in%20Northern%20Ireland%20(16%25).