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Hugely proud of this front page. The child poverty series becomes more than a series today as we call on John Swinney First Minister to increase the Scottish Child Payment, giving a voice to the children in hardship. 23 charities join with us. It's time for action.

'We urge all the parties to back this call' John Dickie, director of the Child Poverty Action Group in Scotland, explains why they are backing The Herald’s campaign for the Scottish child payment to be raised to £40 a week 👇 heraldscotland.com/politics/holyr… CPAG in Scotland

A good question and insightful comment from Rebecca McQuillan in today's The Herald 👇

We are excited to announce that applications are open for the first #Costoftheschoolday Young People Summit 2025! This is a great opportunity for young people and schools to get involved and take action👍 Apply here 👉forms.gle/CtwCKsfnifWwqv…

Getting an award of CDP can significantly increase income so it's a crucial benefit for advisers & support workers to understand. This course on 21 May online gives a practical insight into the main rules & helps you identify children who may be entitled cpag.org.uk/training-and-e…

PRESS RELEASE 'Programme for Government lacks the scale and urgency needed.' say child poverty campaigners cpag.org.uk/news/programme…

Are you up to date with how recent benefit changes & current issues impact on kinship carers? This course is for advisers with a good working knowledge of the benefits system as it applies to kinship carers in Scotland cpag.org.uk/training-and-e…

If you didn't manage to attend the 'Preparing an appeal submission - adult disability payment' training this week online, the course takes place again 28-29 August, 10am - 1pm. Book your place now cpag.org.uk/training-and-e…

New report rb.gy/imw52h on Pupil Equity Funding, part of ScotGov Education Attainment Challenge which supports our #CostoftheSchoolDay project. Contains great examples of poverty aware schools supporting their families. Find more in our Ideas Bank - rb.gy/fdfbpy

Applications for our #CostoftheSchoolDay young people's summit still open until 2 June - please do keep sharing with schools that might be interested, it's going to be a fantastic day!

All kids deserve a decent start in life and scrapping the two-child limit will remove hundreds of thousands of children from poverty overnight.  If government is serious about its promise to improve living standards and reduce child poverty, the policy must go, and fast.