Thread by @theSNP

📢 @Ianblackford_MP: “Thank you Mr Speaker, new research from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, and the baby bank charity Little Village, has revealed 1.3million children under five are living in poverty in the United Kingdom.” #PMQs

@Ianblackford_MP: “That is a truly shocking figure that should make this Tory government utterly ashamed.

“The SNP has repeatedly called for a financial package to boost household incomes and reverse this Tory child poverty crisis.” #PMQs

@Ianblackford_MP: “The Prime Minister has the power to tackle child poverty, right now, by making the £20 uplift to Universal Credit permanent and by extending it to legacy benefits.” #PMQs

📢 @Ianblackford_MP: “The Tory Government have been stalling on this for months. Will the Prime Minister finally act - or will he leave millions of children out in the cold?” #PMQs

📢 @Ianblackford_MP: “I have to say Mr Speaker, that was pathetic, that was no answer. We’re talking about 1.3 million children under five in poverty.”

📢 IB: “Let me quote...

‘She cried on her doorstep because I gave her nappies, wipes and winter clothes for her child. I went away with a lump in my throat.’

“These are the words of Emilie, a baby bank worker who is supporting families the Tories have pushed into poverty.”

📢 @Ianblackford_MP: “They don’t need more empty words from a Prime Minister who doesn’t care enough to act.” #PMQS

📢 @Ianblackford_MP: “Mr Speaker, this morning, a new report from Citizens Advice Scotland warned Tory cuts could reduce the value of Universal Credit by as much as a quarter - just when people need this money the most.” #PMQS

📢 @Ianblackford_MP: “Will the Prime Minister agree to meet with me, and the other opposition parties, ahead of the budget for an urgent summit on tackling child poverty - or will he be yet another Tory Prime Minister who leaves a generation of children languishing in poverty?”