It is not acceptable in modern Britain to have mothers going hungry to feed their children.
Yesterday, Scotland’s biggest-ever cost-of-living summit rightly highlighted an obscene gap between the country’s haves and have nots.
While billionaires count their dividends, the poor count pennies, faced with the stark choice of food or fuel and of their children eating or going without themselves.
The Record has reported today on Diane, who is a working mum - yet she has had to turn to charity Govan Pantry to put food on her table.
Across the country, charities are having to mop up the mess of a government which has failed to mitigate unprecedented increases in the cost of living.
Bonuses to fat cat City bosses have hit a record high as millions suffer below the breadline.
Figures from the Office for National Statistics, show that over the last year bonuses in the financial and insurance sector rocketed by 27.9 per cent.
Workers’ wages went up by only 4.2 per cent, while inflation soars and increasing numbers in employment are queuing at food banks.
Those on benefits have seen their already paltry payments slashed by inflation and Tory austerity.
Yesterday, STUC general secretary Roz Foyer told the summit that people are facing not just a crisis but an emergency which is causing widespread suffering.
The summit called for a rise in wages, increases in tax for higher earners, a windfall tax and immediate rent caps.
The Government must now urgently take action and implement such desperately needed measures to ease the pain of poverty for millions across Britain.
Song Contest bid shows Vision
The Eurovision Song Contest is set to come to the UK after the show’s producers decided it couldn’t be held in war-torn Ukraine.
The often-derided competition isn’t everyone’s cup of tea but is watched by millions across the continent.
BBC bosses are now said to be mulling over where to hold the event and Glasgow’s OVO Hydro has already thrown its hat into the ring.
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has backed Eurovision coming to Scotland’s biggest city but her SNP colleague Kevin Stewart, the Aberdeen Central MSP, has said the Granite City is “the place to be”.
Both cities would be great hosts of Eurovision, which would bring a lot of fun and colour to Scotland.
And let’s be honest, it’s probably our best hope of getting back into Europe.
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