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Campaigners urge ‘bold and ambitious’ action to tackle child poverty
A new report sets out in ‘stark terms’ the scale of poverty in Scotland (Danny Lawson/PA)
Scotland’s political leaders are being challenged to set out how they will meet targets to cut child poverty, as one expert insisted it is clear current action “is not enough”.
John McKendrick, a professor of social justice at Glasgow Caledonian University, was speaking as a new report he was lead editor for was published.
It reveals in “stark terms the scale of poverty” in Scotland – with more than one million people suffering.
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