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Coronavirus: welfare funds given £305 million emergency lifeline in Scotland
18.03.2020 - 20:23 / dailyrecord.co.uk
Welfare and emergency funding is being boosted by £350 million to help ease the pain of the coronavirus crisis on the poorest Scots.
The cash includes £45 million to more than double the Scottish Welfare Fund after a joint plea from anti-poverty charities.
The lifeline cash injection includes:
> £70million for a food fund to help older people and families who might not be able to rely on free school meals.
> £50 million for a wellbeing fund to help charities, homeless people and those in fuel
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