SNP manifesto: what we’ll do for Scotland’s families

The SNP 2016 manifesto sets out a range of support a re-elected SNP government will provide to Scotland’s families.

Here’s just some of what we’ll do.

  • Free childcare will be almost doubled to 30 a week for all 3 and 4 year olds and vulnerable 2 year olds.
  • We will provide free meals to all 2, 3 and 4 year olds who benefit from increased nursery provision.
  • All new parents are entitled to a baby box, which contains essential items for a child’s first weeks – adapting the successful Finnish model which has helped to improve lives for babies and toddlers.
  • We will introduce a new Maternity and Early Years Allowance. The grant will provide expectant mothers on low incomes with £600 for their first child. We will also reintroduce a grant of £300 for second and subsequent children. Low-income families will receive a £250 grant when their child starts nursery, and again when they start school.
  • The child allowance within the Council Tax Reduction Scheme will be increased by 25 per cent, benefitting 77,000 households by an average of £173 per year. This boost for low-income families will help nearly 140,000 children across Scotland.
  • We will give more power and resources direct to schools, to put teachers, parents and communities in the driving seat of school improvement.
  • Our decisions on tax will protect family incomes, while providing additional investment for the public services we all rely on. Over the course of the next parliament the NHS revenue budget will be increased by almost £2 billion in total.
  • We will introduce a national allowance for kinship and foster care families, so everyone receives the same amount to care for their children, no matter where they live in Scotland.
  • We’ll use new powers over social security to give support to people to get on, while taking steps to protect the most vulnerable. We’ll create a Scottish Social Security Agency that is founded on the principles of dignity and respect, increase support for carers, and scrap the Bedroom Tax.
  • Prescriptions and eye tests will remain free of charge.


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