Holyrood 2021: 'Time to end the scandal of child poverty'

The Scottish child payment is to double if the SNP are re-elected in May's election, the first minister has pledged.

Nicola Sturgeon told her party's campaign conference the weekly payments would increase from £10 to £20 under her government.

She said: "It is time to end the scandal of child poverty, and this will help us do it."

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