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Child poverty 'unacceptably high'

26th Jan 2010

The number of children living in poverty in Scotland remains at an "unacceptably high" level, a leading charity has said.

Save the Children found 95,000 young people, almost 10% of all children in Scotland, were living with families that had less than £33-a-day to spend.

It also warned that the recession was likely to make the situation worse.

The charity found the poorest families were, on average, £113-a-week short of enough money to cover essential costs.

In its report, "Severe Child Poverty in Scotland 2010", Save the Children found that youngsters in single parent households were about three times more likely to live in severe poverty.