Claim Scottish child payment already lifted more than 100,000 kids out of poverty is False

The Scottish Government has announced its policy plans for 2024-25, with first minister John Swinney saying the eradication of child poverty was “first and foremost” in his government’s priorities.

In a post to its official Facebook account on 2 September, the SNP promoted the government’s achievements in reducing child poverty, including a claim about the impact of an existing policy, the Scottish child payment. 

Ferret Fact Service looked at this claim and found it False.

The full, exclusive story is in The Ferret investigative journal today.

Politicians have been promising for years to lift children out of poverty.