TORY austerity has left more than half a million children in the UK destitute and worse is to come, the Scottish National Party (SNP) warned today.

SNP shadow work and pensions secretary Neil Gray MP urged Prime Minister Boris Johnson to make 2021 the year he makes up for the decade of austerity cuts which contributed to a rise in child poverty.

He said said the government must “boost incomes, lift children out of poverty and invest in their futures.”