That move alone would lift an estimated million children out of poverty overnight - that’s what a government and a party that is serious about ending child poverty looks like.
Advocating for child payment scheme across the UK
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We have a really great opportunity at the next General Election to be in a position where that negotiation can seriously start with the next iteration of the Westminster government.
Under the SNP, young people in Scotland are benefiting from the best cost-of-living support in the UK – and they are saving thousands of pounds compared to the extra costs the Labour Government is piling on to young people in England.
Andy Burnham must follow Scotland’s lead by matching the SNP government’s cost-of-living support for young people – including in areas like free bus travel for under-22s, where many young people in Scotland are saving over £1000 a year…
What I don't want is for other young women in my constituency, across Scotland, across the whole UK, to look at the experience that I've had and go, ‘well, I can't do that’, because that doesn't serve our national political conversation…
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