CORONAVIRUS has raised child poverty in Scotland to the level of a “humanitarian crisis” that requires urgent action, Scottish Labour has warned.

The party's call for action comes following a study by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, which found that 230,000 children are currently living in poverty in Scotland.

And the Aberlour Child Care Trust has recorded a dramatic surge – of over 1,000 per cent – in demand for its urgent assistance programme for child poverty during the pandemic.