More than 8000 children are living in poverty across Renfrewshire and neighbouring East Renfrewshire, according to new statistics.
The figures published today by the End Child Poverty coalition show that almost 20 per cent (5,759) of children in Renfrewshire were living in poverty in 2020/21 and 12.8 per cent (2,453) of children in East Renfrewshire were also classed as living below the breadline.
And that is despite families benefiting from the temporary Covid-19-related increase to universal credit during that time.
