Transition the Scottish Welfare Fund to Annually Managed Expenditure Financing

Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to transition the SWF to a demand-led, AME framework. Using devolved powers under the Scotland Act 2016, SWF Crisis and Community Care Grants must become an unconditional statutory entitlement. This ensures no council can reject valid claims due to budget exhaustion or arbitrary priority criteria, and abolishes the three-application annual limit on Crisis Grants. We must end postcode lotteries where support depends on postcode. Dignity and survival are human rights, not discretionary gifts.