Cost-of-living crisis could have 'devastating' impact on attainment gap

Experts have voiced concern over the effect rising bills could have on children's education

THE cost-of-living crisis could have a “devastating” impact on Scotland’s attainment gap, a leading poverty charity has warned.

The Joseph Rowntree Foundation’s associate director for Scotland said that children and young people from poorer backgrounds could be further disadvantaged at school as bills across the UK surge.