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Rise in child poverty

EDM (Early Day Motion) 75: tabled on 19 May 2021

Tabled in the 2021-22 session.

This motion has been signed by 6 Members. It has not yet had any amendments submitted.

Motion text

That this House notes the shameful rise in child poverty across Scotland in new research findings from Loughborough University; calls on the Government to abandon proposals to end the uplift to universal credit, calls on the Scottish Government to increase the proposed amount of the Scottish child payment; and further calls for local authorities in Scotland to prioritise tackling child poverty.