Warning child poverty targets to be missed by ‘large margin’

A report for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation is warning one in four children remains in poverty.

For decades politicians in Scotland have been pledging to tackle child poverty – but now there’s a warning targets for reducing it will be missed by a large margin.

A report for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation is warning one in four children remains in poverty – the numbers much the same as at the time of the last Holyrood election.

The charity is calling on all parties standing for parliament next year to do more.

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