Alex Cole-Hamilton pledges £170m for Scottish farmers

Child poverty was the focus on the campaign trail for the SNP, with deputy leader Kate Forbes saying it was the party’s “top priority”.

She said she was concerned that Labour were “uninterested” in taking away the two-child benefits cap.

She told BBC News: “We have Keir Starmer in Scotland today not offering very much change at all. Certainly not offering an end to Tory austerity, certainly not willing to tackle child poverty in the way that we are.

“So it will only be SNP MPs in Westminster holding Labour to account that can mean we properly deliver for Scotland.”

Meanwhile, the Scottish Greens have published plans for increased transparency and strict restrictions on how parties are funded.

They say these plans will tackle the “corrupting influence of ‘dark money’ and wealthy donors” on parties in Westminster in particular.

Party co-leader Patrick Harvie said: “In the long run we need to move to a fair system of state funding of political parties to create a truly level playing field, but there are important steps we can take right now.

“We need far stricter limits on donations and campaign spending, and tougher transparency and enforcement rules.”