The new First Minister told the Record he wanted to be judged above all else on whether poverty levels fall
Humza Yousaf has announced extra funding for after school clubs in a bid to cut spiralling child poverty rates.
“I don’t think that’s the right way to use that money. I think the better way to use the money is to target it to those that need it absolutely the most.” He described after school club provision as “patchy”, adding: “My first full week as First Minister was to Ayr United to see some of the work that they were doing on holiday clubs during the Easter break.
“We have statutory targets in relation to reducing child poverty and I should be held to account, and the government I lead should be judged by whether or not we shift that dial on child poverty considerably.” He said: “You get one crack at being First Minister. I want to be judged, absolutely, as somebody who used all the power they have, focused it and made the difficult decisions, even if they were unpopular, all in order to make life better for those who are in the areas of the highest deprivation.”
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