Almost one million Scots cannot afford adequate housing and more than a quarter of a million are not properly fed, research has shown.
The largest study of poverty ever conducted in the UK found that the percentage of households falling below the minimum standard of living has increased from 14% to 33% in 30 years.
Experts have criticised the UK Government's poverty strategy and have called on both Holyrood and Westminster to do more to tackle deprivation.
They found that in Scotland more than 400,000 adults go without essential clothing and more than 200,000 children live in damp housing.
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