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Scottish Budget: Shona Robison - "eradicating child poverty is our top priority"
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04/12/2024
Scottish Budget: Shona Robison - "eradicating child poverty is our top priority"
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We have heard people, and we are acting. This is a budget for Scotland by Scotland, and
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that is why I encourage all members to give it their support.
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Eradicating child poverty is our top priority. Policies such as the game-changing Scottish
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child payment and expanded funding for early learning and childcare are action in the face
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of need, but we want to go further. The budget will invest almost £800 million more in social
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security benefits in 2025-26, putting money directly into people's pockets and ensuring
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benefits rise by inflation.
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We recognise that having a warm, safe and affordable place to live is critical to tackling
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child poverty. Far too many families are still in temporary accommodation. Shirley-Anne Somerville
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has told me about the conversations that she has had with mums who feel the pain of
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bringing up their kids in inadequate accommodation. That is why we are going to ramp up action
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on housing by investing £768 million in affordable homes. That enables more than 8,000 new properties
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for social rent, mid-market rent and low-cost home ownership to be built or acquired this
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coming year, and it returns spending to a higher level than it was two years ago.
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Given the scale of the housing challenge, I will look at all the levers available for
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me to deliver. That is why I can confirm today that we will be working with the City of Edinburgh
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Council to unlock more than 800 new net zero homes at its grant and development site.
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