KID POVERTY FIB WARNING
Daily Record|October 30, 2024
Civil servants told government not to repeat misleading boasts
PAUL HUTCHEON
KID POVERTY FIB WARNING

CIVIL servants have warned SNP ministers about repeating their bogus claim to have "lifted" 100,000 children out of poverty.

They issued the advice after the Scottish Government was pulled up by a UK statistics body.

The 100,000 claim was first made by Humza Yousaf's government.

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