£150 cost of living payments for Scottish households

Key Facts

• Published23 minutes ago commentsComments Media caption, £150 cost of living payments for households in Scotland Three quarters of Scottish households will be given a £150 payment in a bid to tackle the rising cost of living.
• Finance Secretary Kate Forbes said the cash would go to households in council tax bands A to D and all of those eligible for council tax reduction.
• The finance secretary said there was still uncertainty about how much extra funding is on offer from the UK government, but committed to spending £290m in "targeted assistance" for those on the lowest incomes.
• They said: "The measures fail to properly target support at people on the lowest incomes - this was a missed opportunity to protect people living in poverty from the waves of hardship that threaten to overwhelm them."

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