The Scottish Government says it is spending around £3bn in total on a range of interventions to help people with the cost of living.

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon told STV News: “Some of those are temporary measures – help through council tax bills, for example, that came earlier in the year.

“Much of that is trying to permanently put more money in the pockets of those at the bottom end of the income scale.

“For example, the new Scottish Child Payment, we’ve doubled that from £10 to £20 per week.

“Many of the key levers here and access to most resources lie with the UK government, whether we’re talking about regulation of the energy market, VAT on fuel, the macro-economic levers that help to influence the rate of inflation, these are levers that lie with the UK Government.”

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