Around a fifth of Scots are living in poverty – that’s almost a million people. And a quarter of those are children.
There are fresh warnings today that the cost of living crisis is threatening to push many others onto the breadline.
There is particular concern about some of the most vulnerable in society.
One full time carer has been speaking to STV News about the difficult daily decisions she’s having to make, to try to keep out of debt.
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