Our Scottish Future: exploring the British public's view on child poverty

Focaldata ran a poll on behalf of Our Scottish Future, exploring the British public's view on child poverty. We surveyed a nationally representative sample of 2,063 adults in the UK between 6 and 7 March 2025. The data was weighted by age, gender, region, education (2-levels), ethnicity and 2024 General Election vote.

We found that the majority of the British public believe that the government should be doing more to reduce child poverty (82%), and 42% believe that the government should lift the two child cap policy. Support for the latter was particularly high among younger generations, with 58% of 18-24 year olds believing the two child cap should be lifted. The public showed equally high concern about the costs of raising a family, with two thirds (66%) being concerned, which rises to 78% among 18-24 year olds.