Budget plans aim to help families when they need it most, says John Swinney

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John Swinney has said his Government’s Budget provides support for families “when they need that assistance most”, with the Scottish First Minister rejecting claims not enough is being done to meet child poverty targets.He stressed his “determination to eradicate child poverty”, adding the 2026-27 Scottish Budget unveiled at Holyrood on Tuesday will “put in place the support that families need”.

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00:00At the heart of my government's agenda is a determination to eradicate child poverty and

00:16to put in place the support that families need, all families need, at a time when incomes

00:22are under such pressure due to the rising cost of living. So all of the measures in

00:26the budgets targeted on families are about supporting people at a time when they need

00:31that assistance most, whether that's about the expansion of free breakfast clubs around

00:36the country or whether that's the support that we're putting in place for housing. All of it is

00:41designed to make sure that we support families at a difficult time and alongside that address the

00:47challenges that we face in the National Health Service to make sure that the progress that is

00:51being made after the disruption of Covid can be sustained and the important momentum that we've

00:58built up in reducing long waits can be sustained as a consequence of the investment we're making.

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