John Swinney: 'Child poverty levels are falling, but not by enough'

The First Minister has said child poverty levels in Scotland are falling, but that they are “not falling enough”.

John Swinney said that there is still “more to do” when it comes to eradicating the problem but that poverty levels in Scotland are lower than they were 30 years ago.

He added that they are also falling at a time when child poverty is increasing in the rest of the UK.

“There’s a whole amount of information that demonstrates quite clearly that we are making progress in the journey to eradicate child poverty,” the First Minister said.

“There is more that we have to do.”

He said he believes that “whole family support” is the “pathway to eradicate child poverty”.

Swinney said the Government has already done certain things, like introducing the Scottish Child Payment and decid