A plea has been issued for an emergency summit to tackle the "potentially disastrous" cost-of-living crisis in Renfrewshire.
The alarm has been sounded as soaring energy prices and rising inflation inflict severe financial pressure on residents.
Labour group leader Iain McMillan has written to SNP council leader Iain Nicolson requesting an urgent meeting be held so politicians and other "interested parties" can put their heads together on the situation.