Wales Governance Centre’s Ed Poole is joined by Spencer Thompson of the Fraser of Allander Institute to talk about how devolved social security powers and implementation have evolved in Scotland, as well as progress towards meeting child poverty targets so far and over the coming parliamentary term.
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Timestamps
(0:05) Introductions
(1:25) Scotland’s child poverty targets
(5:15) Devolved and reserved social security systems
(8:32) Child poverty delivery plan
(13:00) Scottish Child Payment
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Authors
Ed Gareth Poole
Ed is Reader in Reader in Politics at Cardiff University and part of the Wales Governance Centre
Spencer is a Senior Knowledge Exchange Fellow at the Fraser of Allander Institute.