More than £32,000 in unpaid school meal fees have been written off by councillors in Midlothian as they revealed their shock at the levels of poverty in the county.
A report brought before councillors on Tuesday revealed nearly a quarter of children in Midlothian are living in poverty, while 21,000 adults cannot afford to eat one balanced meal a day.
And it highlighted the costs of the school day on families as councillors approved plans to set up new measures to provide support to them.
