Not lifting two-child benefit cap will cause 'explosion' in poverty, warns union body

'Devastating': Charity boss reveals essential items children in poverty are missing

Action for Children in Scotland spent £150,000 since July on essential items like bedding for children living in poverty.

80,000 kids in Scotland living in 'very deep poverty' as politicians told to 'up their game'

It estimated that in affected households where there are two parents and two children, they would need an additional £1,100 a month to lift them above the poverty line.

IPPR Scotland sets out practical proposals in the run-up to Programme for Government

Making significant progress on the first minister’s four key priorities would require a policy programme more radical than any introduced so far under devolution and major increases in public spending, IPPR Scotland has said in the run-up to the Programme for Government next week.  In a new briefing paper, the think tank has set out practical, deliverable proposals for the PfG, focussed on Swinney’s four core priorities—eradicating child poverty…

Next Scottish government needs to “radically change the game” to protect 80,000 children left in very deep poverty

With Scottish Elections a year away, JRF says parties must radically up their game as the scale of the deepest form of poverty in Scotland is revealed.

Politicians urged to ‘up their game’ as ‘80,000 children in very deep poverty’

The Joseph Rowntree Foundation appealed for action as it published a report on child poverty in Scotland.