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He said: “I just cannot fathom how the Labour Party live with themselves with what they are doing.” He accepted his goal of eradicating child poverty in Scotland was a “big challenge”, and ...

Campaigners say that a Government strategy to reduce child poverty “cannot come soon enough” but will need to include a reversal of a number of controversial positions taken by Labour.

It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. John Swinney's 'new plan' on child poverty has been a legal requirement of ministers since 2017, leading to criticism of 'inaction' from ...

In partnership with our new Labour government, we are working at both the local and national level to tackle child poverty, and overcome the challenges we were left with. “We continue to work ...