Rishi Sunak is under increasing pressure to commit to raising all benefits, including the state pension, in line with inflation
A decade of Tory austerity has seen the incomes of Scots who rely on benefits plunge by almost 16 per cent, shock figures show.
A dad on benefits has told how he often skips meals to ensure his two children are fed. Stuart Chesmar, 50, is unable to work as he is full-time carer for son Charlie, six, who suffers from a heart defect. Kirsty Blackman, SNP Work and Pensions spokeswoman, said the UK Government had "multiple options" to raise money instead of cutting benefits for the most vulnerable.
"I am urging them to take a different approach for a change in the upcoming financial statement by bringing in another, broader windfall tax and uprating Universal Credit and legacy benefits. It is particularly important that those on legacy benefits see an increase in their support given they missed out on the £20 uplift.
"We need to renew and rebuild our social security on the values of compassion and justice, and rebalance our economy so that no household is left without enough to live on.Scottish politics Derek Mitchell, chief executive of Citizens Advice Scotland, said the charity was already "seeing people in increasingly desperate situations making impossible spending choices".
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