The SNP will help with energy costs to assist people who are being treated at home for terminal conditions.
Shirley-Anne Somerville, constituency candidate for Dunfermline, has promised to enact a plan which follows a campaign by Consuer Scotland and The Sunday Mail.
The party said the campaign shone a light on the ever increasing bills spiralling under the UK Labour Government. Ms Somerville criticised the Conservatives for their calls for cuts to social security and said this move should give them “pause for thought”.
Ms Somerville said: “Terminally ill people and their families should not face additional costs and worry as a result of them receiving treatment in their own home.
“That is why I am proud to support this Sunday Mail campaign – and to confirm that a re-elected SNP Government will take action to support terminally ill people receiving treatment at home.
“This is vital help that shows what we can achieve when we use government to support people – and should give parties like the Tories pause for thought the next time they attack social security.”
Consumer Scotland has recommended payments of up to £450 for people who are terminally ill to cover the extra costs in a report to Ms Somerville as Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice earlier in March. The body says that households where there is a family member with a disability or health condition are twice as likely to report difficulty keeping up with energy bills.
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