February 22, 2017

Legislation setting targets for the eradication of child poverty in Scotland has been tabled at Holyrood. The Child Poverty (Scotland) Bill will set a series of statutory targets to reduce, and ultimately wipe out, what minsters call a “systemic problem”.

WHITPAIN – It wasn’t until 2015 that the percentage of Montgomery County children living in poverty dropped back down to below the 2008 pre-recession level, Public Citizens for Children & Youth reported in its October 2016 “Left Out: The Status of Children in Montgomery County.”