SNP demand action as report finds Tory benefit cuts pushed children into poverty

The number of children in relative poverty rose in the years leading up to the pandemic, research found

THE SNP are urging action over a new report that found Tory benefit cuts have pushed a significant number of children into poverty.

The Institute for Fiscal Studies’ annual report on living standards found that relative child poverty rose in the years leading up to the pandemic, jumping from 27% in 2013-2014 to 31% in 2019-2020, an increase of 600,000 children.