Scotland is facing very tough times.
Every day we hear of another “sign of the times”, each one more depressing than the last. Food banks, soup kitchens and warm communal spaces will all feature in our society in months to come, with the need becoming all the greater in freezing winter months.
We now face unprecedented levels of malnutrition, dehydration – and starvation – among our most vulnerable communities. At present, Scotland has no apparatus in place that can pinpoint how severe the problem might be.
