A LABOUR government will set up a Scottish anti-poverty fund, Jim Murphy has said.
Abolishing the bedroom tax, scrapping benefit sanctions targets and raising the minimum wage are part of the five point plan he outlined today in Glasgow.
Visiting NG homes in Possilpark with Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary Rachel Reeves, he said food banks and the bedroom tax characterised the current Tory government.
The plan would see the £175m Scottish anti poverty fund set up with cash the Scottish Government currently spends mitigating the bedroom tax.
It also includes capping energy bills and taxing profits of "legal loan sharks" to boost credit unions.
Mr Murphy said: "Labour's mission is to battle poverty and inequality. I want to make food banks history in Scotland.
"It won't happen overnight, but by making work pay, ending government targets on benefit sanctions and protecting the vulnerable we can begin to build the fairest nation on earth. That starts with UK Labour Government in May."
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