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Child poverty in Scotland shows little change

The number of children in Scotland living in poverty has shown little change in the past 12 months, according to new figures.

A Scottish government report said the numbers were "broadly stable" on all four measures of child poverty.

It is estimated that, on average, about 240,000 children (24%) were living in relative poverty after housing costs, over the period from 2020 to 2023.

This means they are in a household which has an income less than 60% of the median average for families of the same size across the UK.

Figures released for the UK as a whole show 30% - 4.3 million children - are living in low income households.