NEARLY a quarter of children in Scotland are growing up in poverty and government policy remains “nowhere near adequate” to turn the tide, MSPs have been warned.

Child Poverty Action Group director John Dickie made the comments as he gave evidence to the Social Justice and Social Security Committee this week as it reviews progress on anti-poverty targets in Scotland.

The unanimously backed the Child Poverty (Scotland) Act 2017 placed obligations to cut child poverty to 10 per cent by 2020.