Citizens Advice says increasing numbers of people don’t have enough money to make ends meet, and increasing benefits by inflation will not go far enough to help solve this problem.
The Church of Scotland is joining academics and anti-Poverty campaigners in a call for the Scottish Government's budget to include a new income supplement to tackle child poverty.
A coalition including chidren's charities and teaching unions says the services and support that children and young people rely on are at breaking point.