Government Risks Breaching Law on Child Poverty Warn Charities

Scottish Government 'risks breaching own child poverty law'

The Scottish Government is being urged rewrite its child poverty delivery plan after a charity warned it was at risk of breaching its own law.

Government risks breaching law on child poverty warn charities

The Scottish Government is at risk of breaching its own law on child poverty targets, a charity has warned.

Government risks breaching law on child poverty targets, charity warns

The Joseph Rowntree Foundation said the Government’s latest tackling child poverty delivery plan is open to legal challenge

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Gary Christie, Policy and Campaigns Manager The Poverty Alliance Read the JRF analysis here Every child in Scotland has the right to grow up safe, warm and free from the injustice of poverty. Right now, parents are being pushed to breaking point by soaring living costs. Children’s rights can’t be realised when families are struggling just to get by. The 2017 Child Poverty Act was designed to help these children. It …

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