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Mr Marra called for action from all parties as he warned that, as it stands, Scotland is “going to miss those targets by a mile”.
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Scotland → call → mile
In his first act after becoming Scottish Labour’s new leader on Saturday, he wrote to John Swinney and the leaders of the other parties at Holyrood calling for a new commission to be established.
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commission → become → Holyrood
This body would then be tasked with drawing up a set of proposals that could brought in in time for the 2030 target.
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that → task → target
Mr Marra – who worked on child poverty projects for Oxfam before entering Holyrood – told the First Minister: “I am uninterested in pointing fingers when we should be acting to meet our responsibilities.
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we → work → responsibilities
We should instead spend our time working out how we are going to get back on track.
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we → spend → track
“The alternative is breaking the law and breaking our promise to these children, and to Scotland’s future.”
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alternative → break → future
Figures published this year, covering the period 2022 to 2025, showed more than a fifth (21%) of children in Scotland were living in poverty.
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fifth → publish → poverty
That rate is lower than the 27% recorded for the UK as a whole in 2024-25 – with Mr Marra accepting “good progress on this vital agenda” has been made by the Scottish Government.
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progress → record → Government
He stressed the current level of child poverty north of the border was still “close to double” the 2030 target, with just more than three years to go for it to be met.
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it → stress → years
Appealing to the First Minister and other party leaders, Mr Marra said: “We have a little over three years left.
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We → appeal → years
“So, I am today proposing that we establish a cross-party commission to agree a set of proposals that Holyrood can pass in law or enact in policy before 2030.”
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Holyrood → propose → 2030
He added: “In politics three years can feel like a short time.
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years → add → time
“We cannot write off another generation while we argue about who is to blame.”
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who → write → generation
He cited the example of the Smith Commission – set up in the aftermath of the 2014 independence referendum – which agreed new powers for Holyrood, including over income tax and welfare.
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which → cite → tax
Mr Marra said that body had “agreed and enacted a set of very substantial and far-reaching proposals at pace”.
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body → say → pace
On child poverty, he said “if politicians can gather round a table … we can agree a set of proposals that lifts Scotland’s children out of poverty”.
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that → say → poverty
In response, First Minister John Swinney said the Scottish Government is committed to eradicating child poverty and has set out “detailed plans to achieve this aim”.
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Government → say → aim
“I am always open to additional ideas and I welcome Mr Marra’s commitment to work together on this, which we discussed by telephone today.
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we → welcome → telephone
I am keen to take these discussions forward including through the normal Budget process,” Mr Swinney said.
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Swinney → take → process
“A great deal of progress has been made, such as the game-changing Scottish Child Payment, which is providing unparalleled financial support to the families of over 320,000 children.
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which → make → children
We are also delivering a national breakfast club offer and investing over £40 million to help improve access to transport and skills for parents, with our policies combining to keep 100,000 children out of relative poverty this year.”
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policies → deliver → poverty
The First Minister added: “There are also many aspects of UK Government policy, such as the freeze to local housing allowance and the ongoing commitment to the benefit cap, that are deepening poverty and driving homelessness.
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that → add → homelessness
We need to work together to change these policies too.”
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We → need → policies
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