Nicola Sturgeon pledges to double Scottish Child Payment if SNP wins reelection
dailyrecord.co.uk"the scandal of child poverty" if she is returned to power at May's Holyrood poll.The £10-per-week child payment was first launched last month as part of the Scottish Government's strategy to help struggling families.Parents and carers who receive other welfare support - such as Universal Credit - are able to apply for the payment for each child under the age of six.It's due to be rolled out to include children aged 16 and under by the end of next year.But the SNP leader will today warn that the pandemic has hit low-income families hard - and will therefore bring forward payments to low-income families with children aged 6-16Those families will receive “bridging payments” during 2022, with the full annual payment of £520 being paid in four.
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