More than 900,000 Scots living in poverty

from STV

More than 900,00 people in Scotland live in poverty, according to a book published today by the Child Poverty Action Group. It believes that while "real progress" is being made in soem areas, no progress has been made in reducing the number of working age adults without children living on the breadline.

Once again Scotland's poverty statistics are in the limelight - today Jack McConnell announced that within the Executive an anti-poverty unit is to be created in a bid to accelerate the to end child poverty.

Right now its estimates that 900,000 people living in Scotland are doing so below the breadline, 240,000 of them are children.

The anti-poverty unit will aim to check that all government policies make the maximum impact in fighting poverty.

The Child Poverty Action Group are now calling on all ministers to commit themselves to the action needed to eradicate poverty and want the coming elections to tell us what more they would do to build on the progress which has already made.