Economic Growth
Debate between Emma Reynolds and Brian Leishman(3 weeks, 1 day ago)
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Emma Reynolds
Can I say gently to the hon. Lady that Scotland has rightly had plenty of devolution, but that does not mean that the two decades of SNP Government have been successful?
Brian Leishman (Alloa and Grangemouth) (Lab)
On that note, after two decades of failed SNP governance, 29% of children in Clackmannanshire are living in poverty. The Labour Government have lifted the two-child benefit cap, which will reduce that figure and help life chances. Improving economic growth is, of course, laudable, but could we go for some classic Labour redistribution of wealth, and also look at taxing multimillionaires and billionaires?
Emma Reynolds
I agree with my hon. Friend that it is simply not acceptable that we live in a country where children are in poverty. The last Government plunged 900,000 children into child poverty. We are proud to be the Labour Government who lifted the two-child limit and lifted 450,000 children out of poverty.