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Parents tell us the Scottish Child Payment makes a real difference to their lives - it helps them afford basic essentials like food, energy bills, nappies, and children’s clothes. And we see this impact reflected in the latest figures on child poverty in Scotland too (🧵1/4)
The Scottish Tories’ plans to introduce a two-child cap on the SNP’s flagship benefit would cause 'hardship' for children across Scotland, experts have warned
Scottish Tory benefit reform plan would cause 'hardship' for children, experts say
www.thenational.scot
January 30, 2026 at 8:55 AM
Parents tell us the Scottish Child Payment makes a real difference to their lives - it helps them afford basic essentials like food, energy bills, nappies, and children’s clothes. And we see this impact reflected in the latest figures on child poverty in Scotland too (🧵1/4)
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Richard Murphy: There’s a powerful message within Shona Robison’s Budget www.thenational.scot/politics/257...
Richard Murphy: There’s a powerful message within Shona Robison’s Budget
IT is very easy to look at Shona Robison’s Budget announcements last week and conclude that, in the strict sense, they are not very significant
www.thenational.scot
January 19, 2026 at 9:37 AM
Richard Murphy: There’s a powerful message within Shona Robison’s Budget www.thenational.scot/politics/257...
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More superb reporting today from Sky’s Ridge & Frost on the shocking student loans scandal.
Watch this staggering report. This has got to be fixed. We cannot allow young people to exploited in this way.
Watch this staggering report. This has got to be fixed. We cannot allow young people to exploited in this way.
January 15, 2026 at 9:09 AM
More superb reporting today from Sky’s Ridge & Frost on the shocking student loans scandal.
Watch this staggering report. This has got to be fixed. We cannot allow young people to exploited in this way.
Watch this staggering report. This has got to be fixed. We cannot allow young people to exploited in this way.