The impact of Westminster welfare reforms on child poverty in Scotland: What can be done about it?

The UK government’s benefit cap, two child limit and young parent penalty all undermine Scotland’s national child poverty mission. They hurt the very families rightly identified as ‘priority groups’ in the Scottish government’s child poverty plan. Child Poverty Action Group in Scotland, One Parent Families Scotland and The Poverty Alliance have organised a fringe meeting at the SNP conference to discuss the impact on children and families and discuss how the policies can be challenged at Westminster, and their effects mitigated by Holyrood and local government.

Speakers:

Ben Macpherson MSP
Minister for Social Security and Local Government

Kirsty Blackman MP
Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Work and Pensions)

Caitlin Logan, Policy, Research & Influencing Lead, One Parent Families Scotland

Ed Pybus, Policy & Parliamentary Officer, Child Poverty Action Group in Scotland

Chair: John Dickie, Director, Child Poverty Action Group in Scotland

When: Monday 10th October from 09:15 – 10:15

Where: Meeting Room 6, First Floor, TECA, SNP Conference

The UK government’s benefit cap, two child limit and young parent penalty all undermine Scotland’s national child poverty mission. They hurt the very families rightly identified as ‘priority groups’ in the Scottish government’s child poverty plan. This fringe meeting will discuss the impact on children and families and discuss how the policies can be challenged at Westminster, and their effects mitigated by Holyrood and local government.