1.3 million of the 4.2 million children in poverty in the UK are babies and children under the age of 5. "Child poverty is not inevitable: we have successfully tackled it in the past. "The Scottish National Party has repeatedly called for a financial package to boost household incomes and reverse this Tory child poverty crisis. Mr Blackford also asked the Prime Minister whether he would join opposition parties for a summit on tackling child poverty ahead of the Budget. He added: "Will he be yet another Tory prime minister who leaves a generation of children languishing in poverty?"

Source: Daily Mirror February 10, 2021 20:26 UTC