SNP miss key target on child poverty

Responding to the news that the SNP Government have failed to meet their interim target for child poverty, with 22% of children still living in relative poverty, Scottish Liberal Democrat communities spokesperson Willie Rennie MSP said:

“This is no surprise, but it is still shocking that, despite the rhetoric from the SNP, they have left thousands of children in poverty.

“They have the powers, the target was set a long time ago but only belatedly was the action taken to tackle child poverty.

“The root causes of child poverty must be the primary focus from now on.”