SNP urged to raise child poverty payment by 300 per cent to mitigate Tory policy

Young parents get less help through Universal Credit due to their age thanks to Westminster Tory rules

THE Scottish Government has been urged to provide an extra £100 a month for young parents penalised by Tory benefit rules.

One Parent Families Scotland (OPFS) says adding an uplift to the Scottish Child Payment for low-income young families would help tackle “staggering rates of hardship”.