Hey, thanks for using my video. It's very cool to see what you thought of what we get in our baby box. I'm very proud of what Scotland does to help people get started. Hope you are well. 😀
this is great and if I lived in Scotland I’d be proud. Why aren’t they doing this in England. When I had my son in 1977 the midwife gave me a large bag full of samples from baby suppliers and this was a massive help to me in the first few months. Well done Scotland
@davidforman6191 Hi. Yes, we did base it on the Finnish idea. It's fantastic and the clothes and toys differ in each season. The folks who order the contents choose gender neutral colours in winter they get a big fluffy allin one with ears for being out in the cold they look, like teddy bears its so cute. I am very proud of our Scottish government, putting people first
I am a pensioner and my daughters were born long before the baby box was introduced. You will hear people say that it’s not free it is paid for by the taxpayers. Personally, I am happy to pay a little more in my taxes to fund this wonderful initiative. 🏴🏴
I'm not a parent, nor am I ever likely to be. However, I fully support the baby box. It's worth noting that whilst the guy in the video said it's free, and it is at the time parents will receive it, we all contribute to the scheme through our taxes. As a non-parent, I have no objections whatsoever that some of my tax will go to support giving every child a basic start in life as well as taking a little bit of the stress out the first few days / weeks of parenthood, especially for first time parents. To me, this is a perfect example of what a society can and should do to look out for one another. As others have said in their comments, I'm really proud that my country takes the initiative with scheme such as this.
I’m not a parent, but my parents benefitted from societal support to raise my siblings and myself, so it is right and fitting that my taxes contribute to looking after the next generations. 🇬🇧
I'm glad a little bit of my tax money goes towards this. Our society spends so much on keeping old people alive but we don't match it with our spends on giving young people the best start.
I’m Scottish and my son was born before the baby box scheme began, but I’m incredibly proud of our wee Nation and all we are able to do for our citizens on a limited budget from the U.K. treasury, plus we have no borrowing power, so it’s all about good budgeting and prioritising 🏴❤
@abigail1st No, Scotland gets the second highest spend per capita in the entire UK...only Northern Ireland gets more per head. The East Midlands in England gets the least spend per head, and the only region in England that has recently got a little more than Wales was London and that was because of the massive impact of lockdown on TFL. The average spend per capita in Scotland is 17% higher than the average spend per capita in England. In NI it's 18% and Wales 13% higher. Scotland in 21/22 got £13881 per head. London, the highest in England got £13719. The lowest was East Midlands at just £10528, with the South East at £10665 and East England getting £10788 and South West gwtting £10820. Looking to the Midlands, West Midlands gets £11550, Yorks and Humber £11131. North of East gets £12027. North West gets £12102. Wales £13401 Scotland £13881 Northern Ireland £14062 So, people in the southern and east midlands of England are a little bit fed up of hearing how Scotland is short changed in any way at all when it comes to budgets and per capita spend. As far as the baby box is concerned, the policy is terrible because it gives people a box whether they are a millionaire or in terrible financial difficulty...it would be better if therr was more support for those in genuine need!
@@desj2584 In all honesty that is nonsense. There are many things for Scotland to be very proud of in terms of ingenuity, and historically education, but trying to claim Scotland and Wales are the majority of wealth contributors is a bit of a stretch too far. Scotland was bailed out of bankruptcy by England and Wales after its blighted Darien colonial scheme in Panama. After that, Scotland leveraged the commercial opportunities that came out of the colonial projects of James VI and the rest of the Stewart dynasty using the English and Welsh during their extremely tumultuous and tyrannical reign. Scotland did do very well out of that, having a disproportionate influence in slavery and sugar and tobacco plantations in the Caribbean, and joining the East India Company to spread influence around the globe...after all, it was Jardine and Matthieson who agitated Parliament for the Opium War to recover their confiscated drugs. Scotland was responsible for 20% of slave traders registered in London, and a Scot received the single largest compensation payment, and per capita, Scotland got the largest proportion of slave compensation and owned 33% of the plantations in Jamaica. Yet, Scotland was then, and still is now, 10% of the population. Scotland did and still does just fine in union. Since oil was discovered in the 70s, Scotland has had to share a bit more, and I realise that some think what's other peoples was also theirs and what's their own is well...just for them, now they are doing better. It's not an attractive look though! That said, it's absolutely true that Scotland is beautiful, does have energy and water abundantly, and fisheries and could do just fine independently if it manages its finances competently...but that's also a challenge, especially with the current government, which is, politely, a very dodgy mess.
My Sister had her first baby (my niece) 4 months ago and she was so excited to show off her baby box! We are both so greatful and proud of our NHS! 🏴❤
To “reiterate” - the baby box is free. However, you don’t pay any medical fees (nor even prescriptions) when having a baby. The same thing goes for checkups before and after birth. Whilst, you also get certain support from the Scottish Government. Every family in Scotland, for every single child under the age of 16, gets £25 (~$30) per week (again, per child; so if you’re a family of 3 kids, you get £75 every week). You also get free childcare for all 3/4 year olds AND free school lunches for Primary School Pupils (for the first 5 years, but about to be for ALL primary (elementary) school pupils). There’s also additional welfare available called “Best Start”. These include: 1. Early Learning Grant - a one off £250 Grant when a child is between 2 and 3 & 1/2 (if the family is poorer or the child disabled) 2. School Age Grant - a one off £250 for poorer families when a child starts primary school (elementary) 3. Best Start Food Card - a prepaid card for poorer families to buy healthier foods (which may be more expensive) from pregnancy until the child is 3 years old 4. Pregnancy & Baby Payment - a single £600 payment from week 24 of a pregnancy up until a baby is 6 months old, for poorer or disabled families - With an additional 2 benefits for exceptional circumstances: Winter Payment Allowance - an (annual) payment of £200 to help families with a disabled child heat their homes during winter Young Carers Grant - an annual £300 for young carers (children or young Scots who are often unpaid carers for disabled parents or relatives) to help improve quality of life, leisure, socialising or savings. Furthermore, all under 22s get free bus travel, get 10% off groceries in most cooperative and/or Scottish-based shops, and tuition fees for college and university (they’re different things in Scotland, but they’re both tertiary education) are paid for by the government - meaning, working families don’t have to fork out nor live in debt to send their child to higher education. Furthermore, they’re bringing in a new Allowance for foster parents to both encourage new fostering, and to support existing fostering. Lastly (this isn’t even fully expansive, this just the surface, but I reckon this comment is already quite long), the Bairns Hoose (Scots language (not to be confused with Gaelic) for Kid’s House). A new flagship support system modelled after the Icelandic Barnahus - which provides a safe environment for child victims and survivors. This means in abusive situations, they have a safe home they can live; retelling traumatic events can often be more traumatising than the event itself, and so here, the child only needs to recount once in a safe calm place (also not having to live in their home, where the event may have taken place, helps reduce the “reliving” of the event). The Scottish Government over the last couple of years, have really done us proud with the work they’ve done to support families and children, and helping lead the way internationally on human rights and tackling child poverty. Makes me proud to be Scottish 🏴
I'm Scottish, my kids didn't get it, but my grandson did and it's truly amazing. I wish he had read the poem. It's in Scots but I'm sure there is a translation available online. Scotland looks after it's weans!
Im scottish and while we have alot of problems here this is one thing i will always be proud of. There are also grants which dont need to be paid back during maternity, between the age of 2 and 3 1/2 (for starting nursery/pre K), and another one between 5 and 6 for starting Primary 1 (elementary school). The local councils then give money each year to kids who are entitled to free school meals to purchase school uniform. These are mostly for those on benefits/welfare but what a relief for the families that need them. Our politics are a bit further left than the US, but I'm proud we try to take care of the most vulnerable in society, of course improvements can always be made though😊
Loving your understatement that Scotland's politics are a 'bit further left' than the US! A fair proportion of the US population would probably consider you and I to be communists for being in favour of the baby box!
We don't care much about politics when it concerns filling the needs of the community. This is a great way to welcome new citizens to the country (the babies).
@@TheDemouchetsREACT all I meant was it's usually countries further left on the political scale that tend to fund these types of programmes for they're population😊 love your guys vids🥰x
What problems? Our only issue is we can't get away from england.. an what you mean our politics are more left than America? Why would you even know what's going on in America? Scottish politics has absolutely nothing to do with foreign countries politics. It's for Scotland. England don't have anything close to us. An there next door. If America wants to copy us to be better fare enough. But America isn't a thing you would want to be like. America is the second worst country on the planet. Only beating by england being the worse.
As well as the box in Scotland there is a weekly payment of £25 ($31.79). For each child untill they reach the age of 16. In the other UK countries its £24 ($30.52) for eldest child and £15.90 ($20.22) for each additional child per week. 0% VAT (Sales tax) on baby and children's clothes shoes etc. Normal rate is 20%. 2 weeks Paternity leave paid at £172.48 ($219.31) per week for the father. 52 weeks Maternity leave paid at 90% of weekly earnings for 6 weeks, then 33 weeks at £172.48 ($219.13) with the remaining 13 weeks unpaid. Maternity leave can be split between the mother and father. Mother decides how much time to take off. But it is illegal for her to return to work less than 2 weeks or 4 weeks if she works in a factory after giving birth. Can start from up to 11 weeks before due date. Up to 30 hours a week free childcare for 3 and 4 year olds.being expanded over time. So that from 2025 All working parents with children from 9 months to 5 years will get 30 hours of free childcare a week. Normal primary school starts age 5.
I have 3 children and I never got 1 for my eldest but I did for my other 2 and as a scot I am very proud that our government provides this as a good start to parenting and child care x
As a Scottish male who's children were born way before these boxes came out I too am so proud that Scotland does this. Having a baby must be a worrying time for women especially young women and it must be a real help having a baby box. Well done to the Scottish Government.
Hello! I'm of Scottish decent and so proud of learning so much of the people and country. Those boxes are so important. The box as a bed? Wow! My mom used a dresser drawer for my sister! Hey America...pay attention!!! We are so behind other countries!
As a single gay man in his forties, with no children, living in Scotland. My taxes are being used for this. We need to do more of it. We're doing well. We can do better.
I don't think we could do more let alone better. Scotland is the only country on earth that our people benefit so much just by us. Created by us paid by us.
Tubled on this vid ...im also Scottish ...when I was in homeless accommodation I got 1 these for my son and it provided ....im super grateful you both took the time to make this video and show how easy it is to help . To make small efforts for the kids the families. ✌ ❤
Proud that we adopted this idea here in Scotland, to help give some of the most vulnerable infants a good start in life. It's always appalled me that the USA has continually rejected such a simple national health scheme to give everyone access to care and medical treatment. Good reaction!
You not Scottish? Cause how would you even know there is a country called USA. No one in Scotland could point out America on a map. To judge us against that shit hole is insane
I like the idea that if baby is going to visit grandma or auntie you can load up the box and while visiting have a safe place for baby to sleep while you talk. No trying to make bumpers with pillows or trying to find a safe place. Also, for a teen mom or single mom it must make you feel relief to get the box, there's a feeling of inclusion, comradery of not being along. Well done.
I am fron scotland. My older kids where born before this was a thing but I'm currently 17 weeks pregnant with my final child. My brother and his wife got the box for their first daughter but decided not to take for their second daughter l. It's a lifeline for some folks. I absolutely love the scottish government. Free baby box but we are also the first in THE WORLD to make sanity products free. FREE. No period poverty here xx
I had twin boys over 30 years ago. So we missed out. However I'm so happy that others can benefit from such help. Proud to be Scottish 🏴 🏴 Love to the u.s.a. ❤
great reaction! i believe this idea started in Finland, but well done Scotland for taking it on as a thing. and aye, no one is perfect, but well done the snp in Scotland for doing this (and oh so much more than is happening dan sauf)
It's the first time I ever heard about something like this. Perhaps here in Germany some states do this, but certainly not where I live. It's an absolutely great idea! Good on any country or state who does that!
Germany doesn't do the baby-box, but puts similar help in other places (e.g. Arge, RedCross, Caritas etc.), often funded by the government or health insurance(*). In the hospitals (2 different, where I gave birth to my 4 children) there was always 1 nurse trained to make the needed connections. I never needed it myself, but know of other mothers that did. Often times the OB-Gyn or the midwive(s) ask subtle questions on the state of mind/financial struggles during the pregnancy and in case help to get solutions. My community on the other hand gave out "Welcome"-boxes. In it a onesie, a bib with the name of the baby, little socks, some diapers. (*) They try to go the "in need" route, instead of an "everybody gets one" approach. I'm not sure which one is the better option 🤷♀️
The box is great for every kid, but for a young single mother who maybe doesn't have anything, that box and the comprehensive post natal care you receive in Scotland, can be a real life saver.
I live in Scotland and my baby is now 10 months old, i have two other daughters that were born in England and they did not receive a baby box. When the midwife told me that i would receive a baby box, i was first surprised and then i was so excited about it. I used the baby box until my daughter could not fit in there anymore, and i now use the mattress if we travel somewhere. I loved my baby box and still use most of the products.
I’m a Scot who had a box for both kids…as a mum to be it def made me feel noticed and appreciated by my govt. everything was beautiful quality as well…soft cotton…and I still use the in-ear electronic therm when my kids have a temp. Love the fact that no red tape involved so guaranteed that every woman receiving maternity care in Scotland will get one and while there is so much more that can be bought for a baby, it really does provide the minimum to ensure a happy healthy baby.
The baby box has been a godsend to many new parents. It's also optional, you don't have to accept it, just let your midwife know at prenatal visits. Thank you #Scotgov and #SNHS
Im scottish and so proud of this scheme. Parents who are struggling will get free formula for a year then it switches to free whole milk until they reach school then they can get breakfast and lunch for free at school and for parents who are struggling this is a game changer. Women can alao get all the sanitary products they need for free too. Its a great place to live and our government ( the scottish one) are thinking towards the future and setting all kids up for sucess.
Both my children received these! every box has the exact same items so every child in scotland has the exact same start to life! The box doubles up as a toy box
My mother put all her babies in a drawer from a chest of drawers when we were born. I sometimes forget what a great country I live in. More land than people, beautiful historic land at that! We are responsible for over a hundred inventors who have invented most everyday thing we use. Telephone, Television, refrigerator, flush toilet and penicillin to name but a few. Yes deep thinkers us Scots😂All from a chest drawer or a baby box! Just goes to show you, your start in life does not set out your future! We can all achieve greatness and success. ❤
Its easy to forget how lucky we are in Scotland. That we have had a socially minded gov for the last 15yrs since we stopped voting for foreign London based political parties. We would be a very wealthy nation if we hadn't been in union and sunbsidising the trainwreck of a government in London .
I recived baby box, I also had a package from hospital with diapers. In Scotland for family with law income you get a card that is roped up £40 a months till you baby turn 4 and you can use it only for formula or veggies , so you are able to get 4 boxes of formula a months which is more than enough and if you baby stops drinking milk you can get veggies. You also get free multivitamin till baby is 4 😉
I had my son before they started those big boxes. Did get a smaller version of it with books, baby thermometer and other bits and bobs. Also get 3 £250 vouchers to put into a trust fund for the baby as well, which they get when they turn 18💙🏴
@@pamelaadam9207 Aye, my niece got about £1200 back when hers was cashed a year n a half ago😁 My son turns 17 this month and his current balance in it is £1100. When I got the first voucher and found out it had to go into a government trust fund that invests it in shares, I honestly didn’t expect him to get much back from it at all, maybe £150 or something. So was surprised when my niece got as much as she did x
Our daughter is almost 20 now and was born in Aberdeen. Way back then, when she was born the hospital gave us a 'baby bag' voucher all newborns had. You took the voucher to a 'participating pharmacy or store' - we went to Boots the chemist - and got a plastic bag about 18" square. I remember it contained a bottle of baby bath, a bottle of baby shampoo, a small trial-size sample bottle of talc, a teeny tub of nappy rash cream that would do about three or four times, a couple of newborn size nappies, a couple of breast pads, a couple of maternity pads, and a few vouchers for a little bit of money off nappies, baby food and baby milk powder. It may have contained a couple more things, it was nearly 20 years ago and relying on my memory, but if there was it would have been tiny trial size items that could be used a couple of times. Very useful but only for a few days. I'm glad to know there is that much help for new parents these days.
First time I saw a baby box was in Finland after the war. Finland was a country devastated by the 2nd world war and the were a lot of single mothers really struggling to make ends meet. The baby box was a genius way from the government of saying that every kid counted and they were all worth it. The boxes are still today delivered to every expecting family and I bet that if you should ask, nearly every Finn have spent their first year sleeping in the box.
They started in the 70s in the UK 😊 they where called "Welcome packs" in Britain and nothing was donated 😊 It was all brand new, 👍 the NHS automatically offered every new mum one but you had the option to decline if you didn't need it, 👍 it was actually funded by the taxpayers who in turn funded the NHS so it was almost a gift from your neighbour 😊 we would also receive "milk tokens" every week, until the child reached 5 and we could exchange the tokens for formula milk from the local health centres or get 7 pints of milk a week for 1 token 😳
Its quite refreshing seeing folk from a nation that doesn't believe the poor deserve healthcare housing or education appreciate a little socialist progress.
We don't have anything like a box here, although free samples of items are often given. We have tax benefits, family payments and a newborn payment that people can get. The newborn payment is $641 and then there is a supplement for 13 weeks, maximum amount you can receive is $1,924.65. This is all tax free. The amount paid depends on your circumstances. Why such an odd amount I don't know.
Well it's in Scotland. You think for a second English BBC news would mention it or English news papers would print it. Come on they still tell there people there doing good.
In England we don't get a baby box thats for sure! There are many many things that the Scottish are entitled to that we don't get including free university fees. I just don't think the scots are aware of the differences with how we are treated.
i have stayed in both countries and the problems are with west minster when it comes to caring for the people in scotland the members of the scottish parlement do things for the people and think of the people in england the members link of lobbyists and corperations and private health companies not the people i think england and wales should have baby boxes too but sadly the government in westminster would want to give themselves another pay rise instead
we are absolutely aware. we get free university, free prescriptions, baby boxes, etc, and we pay slightly more tax than you (1%) in order to get such things. it's one of the reasons why many of us want to leave the UK - so that we can forge our own path doing more things like this, which the westminster government will never do
@C24680 we get a pittance of what we pay back and the Scottish government puts it's people girst unlike westmonster and the red and blue tories spaffing tax money on their mates
You'd have to be pretty hard-hearted to oppose this initiative from the Scottish Government, yet (of course) many Scottish Conservatives did just that.
One day get were? Were already the best at everything on earth. An what's a Democrat ? That not an American thing? You want to follow in the foot steps of the worst country on the planet. Second to only 8th world england.
The reason Scotland gets away with being so left-wing is that there's only 5.5 million people there and they're subsidised by the rest of the UK. If the 0opukation grew the cost would make a lot of their social programmes too expensive. By 2030 the UK and especially Scotland has put a deadline on oil, their predominant asset and income. What on earth do they think they're going to finance all this with when they turn that income stream off? It's Venezuela all-over again... Here in England we don't get half of the social programmes we subsidise in Scotland. _Leading North East charity the Children's Foundation has launched England's first "baby boxes" inspired by those in Scandinavia and Scotland - along with a £1m appeal so they can give one to every new parent in the North East_ (this was back in March 2023) When the population is small enough and demand isn't too high you can do it, but multiply the population by 10 and social programmes like this become too costly. It's why the NHS is suffering with immigration, as the population grows the demand on the national budget grows to the point it's not sustainable...
Quiet easy mate since Scotland has funded England for like the past 200 years atleast robbed fae Westminster am sure you enjoy out water down there at places to we will be fine we lead the way in renewable energy and hydro power we get rid of our English ties we be richer than you lot fact
do propper research before commenting about subsidising scotland scotland pays more in tax than it gets back in its budget much like yorkshire does and the problem is it gets alot less than it pays in taxes . if you realised how much money is given away by westminster to privite interests and subsidising privitsed health companies you would realise your being robbed by the conservative government in the united kingdom the nhs trusts in england are forced to pay rent on buildings that were sold off by westminster nhs managers since 2012 and leaced back to them often to virgin healthcare or another private health group . secondly scoland and the north of england pay more in taxes that the south of england the fact is yorkshire alone pays for about a 1/5th of the nhs total budget in its tax income and when money is wasted and handed to private interests like what tory peer michelle mone and her husband got from the coservative government that was ment to go to nhs supplies and it was funneled to an isle of man bank account to set up a payday loans company and expensive yachts and property. thirdly the point i was ment to get at is alot of money is mispent in england by westminster and in scotland its fairly balanced and budgeted the nhs is classed as a priorty so is the wellfare of people thats not a left wing way of thinking its a human way of thinking if money wasnt misspent and the government in westminster is propping up private companies in rail, postal , water ,gas and electric companies there would be more than enough money for the people instead you have the westminster government propping up those private companies often with mps on the advisery boards that are paying out millions to shareholders and classing government subsidies as profits while not being maintained . dave its the government in westminster thats at fault and scotland is only thinking of its people something england should do when supporting yorkshire
England is a shit hole we pay for. We house use heat use feed use. Use are bums. There's nothing were england makes a Scottish sterling pound from in a hole year.
Baby box is an expensive failed vanity project for the SNP. Chief mammy virtual signalling. Costs tax payers roughy £8.7m a year yet the infant mortality rate in Scotland is the highest it’s been for ten years. Middle class families given an expensive box of things they don’t really need. The money would be better spent targeting support to low income families and deprived areas. A baby box won’t be much use to a homeless mother in the USA either. She needs a home not a box that her baby will fit in for a few months.
Do you have the figures for before SNP were in power ? . Good luck on that manifesto that every single government initiative will be means tested for " middle class" families . Your political party that you vote for has in their manifesto that ?
For information.......Scotland's infant mortality rate...2.8 per 1000 births is more than half that of USA and a quarter that of Englands. There was a small spike over a year ago although this was also seen elsewhere in the developd world . The possible reasons for this are still being analsed but I think , The Covid factor may be significant. I fail to see however, why this would be juxtaposed with the gift of baby essentials....seems a strange position. to take. I suppose it's just a political, tribal knee -jerk in an ever polarised, world. For most, however it's a very welcome , and much lauded initiative.
@@HelenMills-wh3vf this position is because when it was launched, Ms Sturgeon claimed it would “reduce infant mortality and improve child health”, whilst Angus Robertson, now a senior SNP cabinet minister, also claimed the baby boxes would “reduce infant mortality”. However a recent study by Glasgow University has shown there to have been no health improvement or reeducation in infant mortality at all. £90m spent on predominantly China made tat in six years. The money would have been better spent targeting the most vulnerable. Infant mortality is higher for ethnic minorities, the money could have provided them with increased care. Or used to support families in sever deprivation. Children of addicts are more vulnerable and yet mental health services and social work are under funded, with drug rehabilitation funding recently cut by £20m. If they hadn’t made these absurd claims and we lived In an ideal world, with a functional health and social work system and properly funded mental health and social services I wouldn’t have an issue but I live in the real world, where society is unequal and funds need targeted where they will have the most effect.
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Hey, thanks for using my video. It's very cool to see what you thought of what we get in our baby box. I'm very proud of what Scotland does to help people get started. Hope you are well. 😀
Thanks for sharing a portion of what life is like in Scotland!
this is great and if I lived in Scotland I’d be proud. Why aren’t they doing this in England. When I had my son in 1977 the midwife gave me a large bag full of samples from baby suppliers and this was a massive help to me in the first few months. Well done Scotland
@Hippydays1959 yes, we got a Bounty Bag in England, with lots of things in it, but this was in the 90s.
Baby box or maternity box has been given for every child in Finland since 1949. It was very important after the war and is still appreciated.
Pretty sure Scotland based its box on the Finland one.
@davidforman6191 Hi. Yes, we did base it on the Finnish idea. It's fantastic and the clothes and toys differ in each season. The folks who order the contents choose gender neutral colours in winter they get a big fluffy allin one with ears for being out in the cold they look, like teddy bears its so cute. I am very proud of our Scottish government, putting people first
That's where we got the idea. Thank You.
I am a pensioner and my daughters were born long before the baby box was introduced. You will hear people say that it’s not free it is paid for by the taxpayers.
Personally, I am happy to pay a little more in my taxes to fund this wonderful initiative. 🏴🏴
Me too I love our wee country
Ditto, my kids were born before the baby box scheme but I'm very happy to pay a wee bit more tax for such a helpful social benefit.
Ditto, my kids were born before the baby box scheme but I'm very happy to pay a wee bit more tax for such a helpful social benefit.
We unfortunately could not have children but proud to pay tax for this.
We have received 2 of these boxes in the last 4 years, and it is the most appreciated thing we received during both pregnancies.
I'm not a parent, nor am I ever likely to be. However, I fully support the baby box. It's worth noting that whilst the guy in the video said it's free, and it is at the time parents will receive it, we all contribute to the scheme through our taxes. As a non-parent, I have no objections whatsoever that some of my tax will go to support giving every child a basic start in life as well as taking a little bit of the stress out the first few days / weeks of parenthood, especially for first time parents. To me, this is a perfect example of what a society can and should do to look out for one another. As others have said in their comments, I'm really proud that my country takes the initiative with scheme such as this.
We always do very well for a wee nation. Might win the Euros at the current rate! 😂😂
That's even better that the taxpapers contribute to this! We would love to have this in our country.
@@TheDemouchetsREACT Amazed we can do this because our free healthcare system is starting to struggle because of us all living longer.
I’m not a parent, but my parents benefitted from societal support to raise my siblings and myself, so it is right and fitting that my taxes contribute to looking after the next generations. 🇬🇧
I'm glad a little bit of my tax money goes towards this. Our society spends so much on keeping old people alive but we don't match it with our spends on giving young people the best start.
I’m Scottish and my son was born before the baby box scheme began, but I’m incredibly proud of our wee Nation and all we are able to do for our citizens on a limited budget from the U.K. treasury, plus we have no borrowing power, so it’s all about good budgeting and prioritising 🏴❤
@abigail1st No, Scotland gets the second highest spend per capita in the entire UK...only Northern Ireland gets more per head. The East Midlands in England gets the least spend per head, and the only region in England that has recently got a little more than Wales was London and that was because of the massive impact of lockdown on TFL. The average spend per capita in Scotland is 17% higher than the average spend per capita in England. In NI it's 18% and Wales 13% higher.
Scotland in 21/22 got £13881 per head. London, the highest in England got £13719. The lowest was East Midlands at just £10528, with the South East at £10665 and East England getting £10788 and South West gwtting £10820.
Looking to the Midlands, West Midlands gets £11550, Yorks and Humber £11131. North of East gets £12027. North West gets £12102.
Wales £13401
Scotland £13881
Northern Ireland £14062
So, people in the southern and east midlands of England are a little bit fed up of hearing how Scotland is short changed in any way at all when it comes to budgets and per capita spend.
As far as the baby box is concerned, the policy is terrible because it gives people a box whether they are a millionaire or in terrible financial difficulty...it would be better if therr was more support for those in genuine need!
@@desj2584 In all honesty that is nonsense. There are many things for Scotland to be very proud of in terms of ingenuity, and historically education, but trying to claim Scotland and Wales are the majority of wealth contributors is a bit of a stretch too far. Scotland was bailed out of bankruptcy by England and Wales after its blighted Darien colonial scheme in Panama. After that, Scotland leveraged the commercial opportunities that came out of the colonial projects of James VI and the rest of the Stewart dynasty using the English and Welsh during their extremely tumultuous and tyrannical reign. Scotland did do very well out of that, having a disproportionate influence in slavery and sugar and tobacco plantations in the Caribbean, and joining the East India Company to spread influence around the globe...after all, it was Jardine and Matthieson who agitated Parliament for the Opium War to recover their confiscated drugs. Scotland was responsible for 20% of slave traders registered in London, and a Scot received the single largest compensation payment, and per capita, Scotland got the largest proportion of slave compensation and owned 33% of the plantations in Jamaica. Yet, Scotland was then, and still is now, 10% of the population. Scotland did and still does just fine in union. Since oil was discovered in the 70s, Scotland has had to share a bit more, and I realise that some think what's other peoples was also theirs and what's their own is well...just for them, now they are doing better. It's not an attractive look though!
That said, it's absolutely true that Scotland is beautiful, does have energy and water abundantly, and fisheries and could do just fine independently if it manages its finances competently...but that's also a challenge, especially with the current government, which is, politely, a very dodgy mess.
Look at Shelley. She can copy and paste! 😂
@@heatherarnott5457 And moan.
so well said. imagine how much more we will do when independent.
My Sister had her first baby (my niece) 4 months ago and she was so excited to show off her baby box! We are both so greatful and proud of our NHS! 🏴❤
To “reiterate” - the baby box is free.
However, you don’t pay any medical fees (nor even prescriptions) when having a baby. The same thing goes for checkups before and after birth.
Whilst, you also get certain support from the Scottish Government. Every family in Scotland, for every single child under the age of 16, gets £25 (~$30) per week (again, per child; so if you’re a family of 3 kids, you get £75 every week). You also get free childcare for all 3/4 year olds AND free school lunches for Primary School Pupils (for the first 5 years, but about to be for ALL primary (elementary) school pupils).
There’s also additional welfare available called “Best Start”. These include:
1. Early Learning Grant - a one off £250 Grant when a child is between 2 and 3 & 1/2 (if the family is poorer or the child disabled)
2. School Age Grant - a one off £250 for poorer families when a child starts primary school (elementary)
3. Best Start Food Card - a prepaid card for poorer families to buy healthier foods (which may be more expensive) from pregnancy until the child is 3 years old
4. Pregnancy & Baby Payment - a single £600 payment from week 24 of a pregnancy up until a baby is 6 months old, for poorer or disabled families
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With an additional 2 benefits for exceptional circumstances:
Winter Payment Allowance - an (annual) payment of £200 to help families with a disabled child heat their homes during winter
Young Carers Grant - an annual £300 for young carers (children or young Scots who are often unpaid carers for disabled parents or relatives) to help improve quality of life, leisure, socialising or savings.
Furthermore, all under 22s get free bus travel, get 10% off groceries in most cooperative and/or Scottish-based shops, and tuition fees for college and university (they’re different things in Scotland, but they’re both tertiary education) are paid for by the government - meaning, working families don’t have to fork out nor live in debt to send their child to higher education.
Furthermore, they’re bringing in a new Allowance for foster parents to both encourage new fostering, and to support existing fostering.
Lastly (this isn’t even fully expansive, this just the surface, but I reckon this comment is already quite long), the Bairns Hoose (Scots language (not to be confused with Gaelic) for Kid’s House). A new flagship support system modelled after the Icelandic Barnahus - which provides a safe environment for child victims and survivors. This means in abusive situations, they have a safe home they can live; retelling traumatic events can often be more traumatising than the event itself, and so here, the child only needs to recount once in a safe calm place (also not having to live in their home, where the event may have taken place, helps reduce the “reliving” of the event).
The Scottish Government over the last couple of years, have really done us proud with the work they’ve done to support families and children, and helping lead the way internationally on human rights and tackling child poverty.
Makes me proud to be Scottish 🏴
Sadly the winter fuel payment was administered by westmindter and luebour just nuked it
I'm Scottish, my kids didn't get it, but my grandson did and it's truly amazing. I wish he had read the poem. It's in Scots but I'm sure there is a translation available online. Scotland looks after it's weans!
You not get a payment after a birth.
There have also been collections of used/unused/partially used & refilled baby boxes to donate to Ukraine.
Im scottish and while we have alot of problems here this is one thing i will always be proud of. There are also grants which dont need to be paid back during maternity, between the age of 2 and 3 1/2 (for starting nursery/pre K), and another one between 5 and 6 for starting Primary 1 (elementary school). The local councils then give money each year to kids who are entitled to free school meals to purchase school uniform. These are mostly for those on benefits/welfare but what a relief for the families that need them. Our politics are a bit further left than the US, but I'm proud we try to take care of the most vulnerable in society, of course improvements can always be made though😊
Loving your understatement that Scotland's politics are a 'bit further left' than the US! A fair proportion of the US population would probably consider you and I to be communists for being in favour of the baby box!
We don't care much about politics when it concerns filling the needs of the community. This is a great way to welcome new citizens to the country (the babies).
@@TheDemouchetsREACT all I meant was it's usually countries further left on the political scale that tend to fund these types of programmes for they're population😊 love your guys vids🥰x
What problems? Our only issue is we can't get away from england.. an what you mean our politics are more left than America? Why would you even know what's going on in America? Scottish politics has absolutely nothing to do with foreign countries politics. It's for Scotland. England don't have anything close to us. An there next door. If America wants to copy us to be better fare enough. But America isn't a thing you would want to be like. America is the second worst country on the planet. Only beating by england being the worse.
As well as the box in Scotland there is a weekly payment of £25 ($31.79). For each child untill they reach the age of 16.
In the other UK countries its £24 ($30.52) for eldest child and £15.90 ($20.22) for each additional child per week.
0% VAT (Sales tax) on baby and children's clothes shoes etc. Normal rate is 20%.
2 weeks Paternity leave paid at £172.48 ($219.31) per week for the father. 52 weeks Maternity leave paid at 90% of weekly earnings for 6 weeks, then 33 weeks at £172.48 ($219.13) with the remaining 13 weeks unpaid. Maternity leave can be split between the mother and father. Mother decides how much time to take off. But it is illegal for her to return to work less than 2 weeks or 4 weeks if she works in a factory after giving birth. Can start from up to 11 weeks before due date.
Up to 30 hours a week free childcare for 3 and 4 year olds.being expanded over time. So that from 2025 All working parents with children from 9 months to 5 years will get 30 hours of free childcare a week.
Normal primary school starts age 5.
Scotland has always done that. Think it's only us that does it in the world
If they stay on at school until 6th year the payment continues
I have 3 children and I never got 1 for my eldest but I did for my other 2 and as a scot I am very proud that our government provides this as a good start to parenting and child care x
As a Scottish male who's children were born way before these boxes came out I too am so proud that Scotland does this. Having a baby must be a worrying time for women especially young women and it must be a real help having a baby box. Well done to the Scottish Government.
Hello! I'm of Scottish decent and so proud of learning so much of the people and country. Those boxes are so important. The box as a bed? Wow! My mom used a dresser drawer for my sister! Hey America...pay attention!!! We are so behind other countries!
As a single gay man in his forties, with no children, living in Scotland. My taxes are being used for this. We need to do more of it. We're doing well. We can do better.
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I don't think we could do more let alone better. Scotland is the only country on earth that our people benefit so much just by us. Created by us paid by us.
Tubled on this vid ...im also Scottish ...when I was in homeless accommodation I got 1 these for my son and it provided ....im super grateful you both took the time to make this video and show how easy it is to help . To make small efforts for the kids the families. ✌ ❤
Proud that we adopted this idea here in Scotland, to help give some of the most vulnerable infants a good start in life. It's always appalled me that the USA has continually rejected such a simple national health scheme to give everyone access to care and medical treatment. Good reaction!
You not Scottish? Cause how would you even know there is a country called USA. No one in Scotland could point out America on a map. To judge us against that shit hole is insane
I like the idea that if baby is going to visit grandma or auntie you can load up the box and while visiting have a safe place for baby to sleep while you talk. No trying to make bumpers with pillows or trying to find a safe place. Also, for a teen mom or single mom it must make you feel relief to get the box, there's a feeling of inclusion, comradery of not being along. Well done.
I am fron scotland. My older kids where born before this was a thing but I'm currently 17 weeks pregnant with my final child. My brother and his wife got the box for their first daughter but decided not to take for their second daughter l. It's a lifeline for some folks. I absolutely love the scottish government. Free baby box but we are also the first in THE WORLD to make sanity products free. FREE. No period poverty here xx
I had twin boys over 30 years ago. So we missed out. However I'm so happy that others can benefit from such help. Proud to be Scottish 🏴 🏴 Love to the u.s.a. ❤
great reaction! i believe this idea started in Finland, but well done Scotland for taking it on as a thing. and aye, no one is perfect, but well done the snp in Scotland for doing this (and oh so much more than is happening dan sauf)
Our job is to make a better world for all children and the baby box is part of that
Finland also has that baby box. I wish we had that in Sweden!
My daughter got one when her daughter was born. Absolutely fantastic !!
It's the first time I ever heard about something like this.
Perhaps here in Germany some states do this, but certainly not where I live. It's an absolutely great idea! Good on any country or state who does that!
Germany doesn't do the baby-box, but puts similar help in other places (e.g. Arge, RedCross, Caritas etc.), often funded by the government or health insurance(*). In the hospitals (2 different, where I gave birth to my 4 children) there was always 1 nurse trained to make the needed connections. I never needed it myself, but know of other mothers that did.
Often times the OB-Gyn or the midwive(s) ask subtle questions on the state of mind/financial struggles during the pregnancy and in case help to get solutions.
My community on the other hand gave out "Welcome"-boxes. In it a onesie, a bib with the name of the baby, little socks, some diapers.
(*) They try to go the "in need" route, instead of an "everybody gets one" approach. I'm not sure which one is the better option 🤷♀️
We agree, everyone in every country should get this! Afterall, we are helping to contribute to the population.
It's only in two countries I think. Scotland of course. It's not in england or any other UK country that's in the UK.
The box is great for every kid, but for a young single mother who maybe doesn't have anything, that box and the comprehensive post natal care you receive in Scotland, can be a real life saver.
This is incredible ❤🏴
Hey Katy! Hope you are doing well.
I live in Scotland and my baby is now 10 months old, i have two other daughters that were born in England and they did not receive a baby box. When the midwife told me that i would receive a baby box, i was first surprised and then i was so excited about it. I used the baby box until my daughter could not fit in there anymore, and i now use the mattress if we travel somewhere. I loved my baby box and still use most of the products.
It's not an English thing.
@walkaboutgla Scotland puts it's people first
I’m a Scot who had a box for both kids…as a mum to be it def made me feel noticed and appreciated by my govt. everything was beautiful quality as well…soft cotton…and I still use the in-ear electronic therm when my kids have a temp. Love the fact that no red tape involved so guaranteed that every woman receiving maternity care in Scotland will get one and while there is so much more that can be bought for a baby, it really does provide the minimum to ensure a happy healthy baby.
The baby box has been a godsend to many new parents. It's also optional, you don't have to accept it, just let your midwife know at prenatal visits.
Thank you #Scotgov and #SNHS
Also baby boxes in England-with various foods and also in Wales these are given out.
Im scottish and so proud of this scheme. Parents who are struggling will get free formula for a year then it switches to free whole milk until they reach school then they can get breakfast and lunch for free at school and for parents who are struggling this is a game changer. Women can alao get all the sanitary products they need for free too. Its a great place to live and our government ( the scottish one) are thinking towards the future and setting all kids up for sucess.
Both my children received these! every box has the exact same items so every child in scotland has the exact same start to life! The box doubles up as a toy box
My mother put all her babies in a drawer from a chest of drawers when we were born. I sometimes forget what a great country I live in. More land than people, beautiful historic land at that! We are responsible for over a hundred inventors who have invented most everyday thing we use. Telephone, Television, refrigerator, flush toilet and penicillin to name but a few. Yes deep thinkers us Scots😂All from a chest drawer or a baby box! Just goes to show you, your start in life does not set out your future! We can all achieve greatness and success. ❤
It's not free, all taxpayers pay into the NHS, Whether you have children or not, it's a price worth paying.
Yeah Scottish people pay tax for all of Scotlands people.
An iv got a funny feeling you think tax from outside Scotland comes to Scotland to fund the Scottish NHS.
Its easy to forget how lucky we are in Scotland. That we have had a socially minded gov for the last 15yrs since we stopped voting for foreign London based political parties. We would be a very wealthy nation if we hadn't been in union and sunbsidising the trainwreck of a government in London .
Totally with you on this
To be born in Scotland. Is to win the lottery. No country is as good as us.
I recived baby box, I also had a package from hospital with diapers. In Scotland for family with law income you get a card that is roped up £40 a months till you baby turn 4 and you can use it only for formula or veggies , so you are able to get 4 boxes of formula a months which is more than enough and if you baby stops drinking milk you can get veggies. You also get free multivitamin till baby is 4 😉
I had my son before they started those big boxes. Did get a smaller version of it with books, baby thermometer and other bits and bobs.
Also get 3 £250 vouchers to put into a trust fund for the baby as well, which they get when they turn 18💙🏴
That 250 becsme 1000 when it was cashed it in for my 20 year old niece handy for uni books and living expences
@@pamelaadam9207 Aye, my niece got about £1200 back when hers was cashed a year n a half ago😁 My son turns 17 this month and his current balance in it is £1100.
When I got the first voucher and found out it had to go into a government trust fund that invests it in shares, I honestly didn’t expect him to get much back from it at all, maybe £150 or something. So was surprised when my niece got as much as she did x
Our daughter is almost 20 now and was born in Aberdeen. Way back then, when she was born the hospital gave us a 'baby bag' voucher all newborns had. You took the voucher to a 'participating pharmacy or store' - we went to Boots the chemist - and got a plastic bag about 18" square. I remember it contained a bottle of baby bath, a bottle of baby shampoo, a small trial-size sample bottle of talc, a teeny tub of nappy rash cream that would do about three or four times, a couple of newborn size nappies, a couple of breast pads, a couple of maternity pads, and a few vouchers for a little bit of money off nappies, baby food and baby milk powder. It may have contained a couple more things, it was nearly 20 years ago and relying on my memory, but if there was it would have been tiny trial size items that could be used a couple of times. Very useful but only for a few days. I'm glad to know there is that much help for new parents these days.
Plus there was a grant after a birth. 2 hundred a think ruffly
What a great idea
First time I saw a baby box was in Finland after the war. Finland was a country devastated by the 2nd world war and the were a lot of single mothers really struggling to make ends meet. The baby box was a genius way from the government of saying that every kid counted and they were all worth it. The boxes are still today delivered to every expecting family and I bet that if you should ask, nearly every Finn have spent their first year sleeping in the box.
It was Finland that inspired our government
In Scotland wee. Have good public services
Have the best in the world of everything.
How much did it cost to have the baby? In Scotland it's free.
They started in the 70s in the UK 😊 they where called "Welcome packs" in Britain and nothing was donated 😊 It was all brand new, 👍 the NHS automatically offered every new mum one but you had the option to decline if you didn't need it, 👍 it was actually funded by the taxpayers who in turn funded the NHS so it was almost a gift from your neighbour 😊 we would also receive "milk tokens" every week, until the child reached 5 and we could exchange the tokens for formula milk from the local health centres or get 7 pints of milk a week for 1 token 😳
Started in Scotland an it was baby bags. They were still doing them till this started
Cool, should check it out Glasgows progects👌💨💨😁👀👍🏻
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The baby boxes in England don’t have that many items in them.
Use don't have them
We do actually.
Its quite refreshing seeing folk from a nation that doesn't believe the poor deserve healthcare housing or education appreciate a little socialist progress.
This is what a lot of Americans would call "socialist healthcare".
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Most Americans would cry "communism" of a politician tried to do this.
We don't have anything like a box here, although free samples of items are often given. We have tax benefits, family payments and a newborn payment that people can get. The newborn payment is $641 and then there is a supplement for 13 weeks, maximum amount you can receive is $1,924.65. This is all tax free. The amount paid depends on your circumstances. Why such an odd amount I don't know.
Forget Trump and Biden. What you need is Nicola Sturgeon as president.
This scheme is a sleeper scheme not often given the credit it deserves 😢
Well it's in Scotland. You think for a second English BBC news would mention it or English news papers would print it. Come on they still tell there people there doing good.
@@walkaboutgla yeah i know.. 🥵
In England we don't get a baby box thats for sure! There are many many things that the Scottish are entitled to that we don't get including free university fees. I just don't think the scots are aware of the differences with how we are treated.
i have stayed in both countries and the problems are with west minster when it comes to caring for the people in scotland the members of the scottish parlement do things for the people and think of the people in england the members link of lobbyists and corperations and private health companies not the people i think england and wales should have baby boxes too but sadly the government in westminster would want to give themselves another pay rise instead
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That is NOT true! Scotland get far more than England does in so many ways and they don't think of the English people that is a myth!!
we are absolutely aware. we get free university, free prescriptions, baby boxes, etc, and we pay slightly more tax than you (1%) in order to get such things. it's one of the reasons why many of us want to leave the UK - so that we can forge our own path doing more things like this, which the westminster government will never do
@@philmac8201Westminster seems to think England finishes at Watford gap
@C24680 we get a pittance of what we pay back and the Scottish government puts it's people girst unlike westmonster and the red and blue tories spaffing tax money on their mates
You'd have to be pretty hard-hearted to oppose this initiative from the Scottish Government, yet (of course) many Scottish Conservatives did just that.
Embrace social democrats and you maybe one day get there, greetz from Europe.
One day get were? Were already the best at everything on earth. An what's a Democrat ? That not an American thing? You want to follow in the foot steps of the worst country on the planet. Second to only 8th world england.
Sweden may have been the ones who started this. I know they heave been doing it for years.
I think Finland pioneered this idea
doesn't exist I Sweden, it's a Finnish initiative. Maybe do a minimum search before you post to the universe
The reason Scotland gets away with being so left-wing is that there's only 5.5 million people there and they're subsidised by the rest of the UK. If the 0opukation grew the cost would make a lot of their social programmes too expensive.
By 2030 the UK and especially Scotland has put a deadline on oil, their predominant asset and income. What on earth do they think they're going to finance all this with when they turn that income stream off? It's Venezuela all-over again...
Here in England we don't get half of the social programmes we subsidise in Scotland.
_Leading North East charity the Children's Foundation has launched England's first "baby boxes" inspired by those in Scandinavia and Scotland - along with a £1m appeal so they can give one to every new parent in the North East_ (this was back in March 2023)
When the population is small enough and demand isn't too high you can do it, but multiply the population by 10 and social programmes like this become too costly. It's why the NHS is suffering with immigration, as the population grows the demand on the national budget grows to the point it's not sustainable...
Quiet easy mate since Scotland has funded England for like the past 200 years atleast robbed fae Westminster am sure you enjoy out water down there at places to we will be fine we lead the way in renewable energy and hydro power we get rid of our English ties we be richer than you lot fact
do propper research before commenting about subsidising scotland scotland pays more in tax than it gets back in its budget much like yorkshire does and the problem is it gets alot less than it pays in taxes . if you realised how much money is given away by westminster to privite interests and subsidising privitsed health companies you would realise your being robbed by the conservative government in the united kingdom the nhs trusts in england are forced to pay rent on buildings that were sold off by westminster nhs managers since 2012 and leaced back to them often to virgin healthcare or another private health group .
secondly scoland and the north of england pay more in taxes that the south of england the fact is yorkshire alone pays for about a 1/5th of the nhs total budget in its tax income and when money is wasted and handed to private interests like what tory peer michelle mone and her husband got from the coservative government that was ment to go to nhs supplies and it was funneled to an isle of man bank account to set up a payday loans company and expensive yachts and property.
thirdly the point i was ment to get at is alot of money is mispent in england by westminster and in scotland its fairly balanced and budgeted the nhs is classed as a priorty so is the wellfare of people thats not a left wing way of thinking its a human way of thinking if money wasnt misspent and the government in westminster is propping up private companies in rail, postal , water ,gas and electric companies there would be more than enough money for the people instead you have the westminster government propping up those private companies often with mps on the advisery boards that are paying out millions to shareholders and classing government subsidies as profits while not being maintained . dave its the government in westminster thats at fault and scotland is only thinking of its people something england should do when supporting yorkshire
England is a shit hole we pay for. We house use heat use feed use. Use are bums. There's nothing were england makes a Scottish sterling pound from in a hole year.
As has been said we subsidise engerlandshire it is well documented
Baby box is an expensive failed vanity project for the SNP. Chief mammy virtual signalling. Costs tax payers roughy £8.7m a year yet the infant mortality rate in Scotland is the highest it’s been for ten years. Middle class families given an expensive box of things they don’t really need. The money would be better spent targeting support to low income families and deprived areas.
A baby box won’t be much use to a homeless mother in the USA either. She needs a home not a box that her baby will fit in for a few months.
Do you have the figures for before SNP were in power ? . Good luck on that manifesto that every single government initiative will be means tested for " middle class" families . Your political party that you vote for has in their manifesto that ?
@Lovelee123
Completely agree!
Well said!
For information.......Scotland's infant mortality rate...2.8 per 1000 births is more than half that of USA and a quarter that of Englands. There was a small spike over a year ago although this was also seen elsewhere in the developd world . The possible reasons for this are still being analsed but I think , The Covid factor may be significant. I fail to see however, why this would be juxtaposed with the gift of baby essentials....seems a strange position. to take. I suppose it's just a political, tribal knee -jerk in an ever polarised, world. For most, however it's a very welcome , and much lauded initiative.
@@HelenMills-wh3vf this position is because when it was launched, Ms Sturgeon claimed it would “reduce infant mortality and improve child health”, whilst Angus Robertson, now a senior SNP cabinet minister, also claimed the baby boxes would “reduce infant mortality”. However a recent study by Glasgow University has shown there to have been no health improvement or reeducation in infant mortality at all. £90m spent on predominantly China made tat in six years. The money would have been better spent targeting the most vulnerable. Infant mortality is higher for ethnic minorities, the money could have provided them with increased care. Or used to support families in sever deprivation. Children of addicts are more vulnerable and yet mental health services and social work are under funded, with drug rehabilitation funding recently cut by £20m.
If they hadn’t made these absurd claims and we lived In an ideal world, with a functional health and social work system and properly funded mental health and social services I wouldn’t have an issue but I live in the real world, where society is unequal and funds need targeted where they will have the most effect.
@@Lovelee123 well said!!
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It's been paid for by the Scottish people. We're not English or American. We have a heart