John Swinney has said his key priority is eradicating child poverty. But does he believe that or are critics right to call it warm words?

John Swinney refused to say whether failing to reduce child poverty rates would be considered a failure of his government.

John Swinney will set out his vision for eradicating child poverty across Scotland in a major speech on Wednesday. The First ...

The First Minister said if the system can be in place sooner, ‘the first payments will be made in this coming year’.

Ian Murray said the Scottish Government was not "quite sure what they're asking for" when it reached out to the DWP over ...

Scottish Secretary Ian Murray says Holyrood ministers need to further develop the policy before it can progress.

PLANS to scrap the two-child benefits cap in Scotland by April 2026 could be brought forward, according to John Swinney. The ...

I am enormously grateful to the Robertson Trust for enabling us to be here today. I very much welcome the opportunity to ...

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JOHN Swinney has said that Scotland could join the ranks of small European nations with the lowest child poverty rates in the world – as long ...

Campaigners have urged the first minister to be bold in his attempts to find solutions to child poverty north of the border.

John Swinney has said he will confront rather than “cosy up to Reform” after a poll suggested there would be a “substantial ...