Children in poverty

The Joseph Rowntree Foundation has estimated one in four Scots children - almost 250,000 - are living in poverty.

• Of the 230,000 children living in poverty, 90,000 were in a family where someone - usually an adult - was disabled or had a medical condition that limits what they can do
• 30,000 youngsters were living in a family where one adult - usually the mother - was not in work
• A further 30,000 children in single-parent households are also affected
• Just over 15,000 children of lone parents who worked part-time were in poverty
• Almost 15,000 children were in a family where one of the couple worked full time and the other worked part-time

The report also demanded changes to the UK government's universal credit benefit system, warning without this "more families, especially lone parents, are likely to face higher rates of poverty in and out of work".
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-45713080