Taking children out of poverty

IT is, of course, entirely John Milne’s choice as to how he will vote in May (letters, April 20), but I find it strange that he has placed his trust in Anas Sarwar to alleviate child poverty, as Mr Sarwar, by his own admission, won’t be in power after May’s election, and has his sights set on coming second.

Given the wide-ranging proposals put forward by someone who does have her sights set on winning the election and lifting children out of poverty, with such mechanisms as doubling the new and unique to Scotland Child Benefit, providing free breakfasts and lunches for all primary school children, and laptops or tablets for all school pupils, with a wrap-around system of childcare free to low-income families, I would suggest that the best route to take children out of poverty would be for Mr Milne to give both his votes to the SNP. Ruth Marr, Stirling.