In an interview with the Record, Shirley-Anne Somerville said Labour and the SNP disagreeing on the constitution should not stop them from working together on social security.
An SNP Cabinet Secretary hopes a Labour general election win will “reset” relations with the Scottish Government on welfare.
First Minister Humza Yousaf has declared Labour will win the election and Somerville, his social justice chief, has said she is keen to work with a new Government. On her own Government’s record, Somerville is under pressure to hit ambitious 2030 targets on cutting child poverty.The mum of two daughters said: “I'm absolutely determined that we are going to meet those targets. They are doable and we are working every single day to achieve those.
Somerville addressed the searing criticism of Yousaf’s first budget, which experts say barely made any impact on child poverty: On the council tax freeze, which helps the wealthy, Somerville said the Government had to help a broad base of people as well as reduce poverty: Scottish politics Asked if someone on her six-figure salary could afford to pay a bit more in council tax, she referred to the Government increasing income tax for the wealthy:
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