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Evening Standard
Politics
Katrine Bussey

Budget plans aim to help families when they need it most, insists John Swinney

First Minister John Swinney highlighted the support for families the Budget offers as he visited a primary school breakfast club (Jane Barlow/PA) -

John Swinney has insisted his Government’s Budget provides support for families “when they need that assistance most”, with the Scottish First Minister rejecting claims not enough is being done to meet child poverty targets.

He stressed his “determination to eradicate child poverty”, adding the 2026-27 Scottish Budget unveiled at Holyrood on Tuesday will “put in place the support that families need”.

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