'Hire a Scottish commissioner to tackle pensioner poverty' urges charity

The Independent Age charity has warned of a cycle of poverty facing pensioners (Image: NQ)

OLDER Scots risk being trapped in poverty, it has been warned.

New research shows that one in five older people in Scotland have a household income of less than £15,000 a year. Of this group, more than one in two have skipped meals, eight in 10 have cut back on heating and almost half have housing costs that are, or are becoming, unaffordable.