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We must spend to reduce poverty
Daily Record
|October 06, 2025
JOHN Swinney said reducing the number of kids growing up in poverty would be his No1 priority after he became First Minister.
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But a worrying report out today shows Scotland is on course to miss a child poverty reduction target by a wide margin.
Back in 2017, the SNP government set targets to cut child poverty to 18 per cent by 2024/25 and to 10 per cent by 2030/31. The respected Joseph Rowntree Foundation says it does not expect the 2030 target to be met.
This story is from the October 06, 2025 edition of Daily Record.
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