Douglas Ross ’ party supports doubling the Scottish Child Payment to £20 a week, but their Holyrood manifesto only commits them to the rise in 2025.
The SCP, a flagship Scottish Government policy, gives low income families a £10 a week income boost.It has been welcomed by anti-poverty charities and a cross-party consensus exists on increasing the payment.The SNP, Labour, Lib Dems, Greens and the Tories have all backed doubling the SCP to £20 a week.However, a costings document accompanying the Conservative manifesto shows that families should not expect the £10 a week increase from the Tories any time soon.The party pencilled in a zero cost for the first four years of the parliament, before allocating £182m for the rise in 2025/26.By.
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