AUTHOR and musician Darren McGarvey is the latest figure to join the Scotland Demands Better march later this month.

The campaign, organised by Poverty Alliance, is demanding better public services, fair wages, adequate social security and an end to poverty. It already involves over 240 organisations, including churches, trade unions and charities.

Mr McGarvey said: “It is to our national shame that so many Scottish children go without basic necessities such as food, heating, clothing and footwear — let alone being able to access and enjoy leisure, play and cultural activities such as clubs and activities, trips, holidays and occasional treats.

“That’s why I think it’s important to be working with the Poverty Alliance and others across Scotland to join this inclusive march for all of us and to say loudly that Scotland demands better than this.”

The march will set off from Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh at 10am on October 25.