Humza Yousaf denies Nicola Sturgeon 'failed' to deliver on promises to children in Scotland
Humza Yousaf has denied Nicola Sturgeon failed to deliver on promises she made to young Scots during her time in office.
He took aim at the efforts of the government when it was led by Sturgeon to reduce the education-related attainment gap and alleviate child poverty.But Yousaf has jumped to the defence of Sturgeon after Adamson said she had “absolutely” failed on the task. But looking to his own policies, he said: “I am the first to accept that more has to be done to reduce our child poverty rates in Scotland, which are too high.Adamson had claimed Yousaf "may have made some big promises before becoming First Minister, but we’ve not seen anything on delivering those.”
Yousaf also committed to putting “pace behind” working with the UK Government on reintroducing the Bill – but he stressed the importance of not raising the Bill again in Holyrood until ministers were sure it would not be blocked.
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