Half a million people are in "very deep poverty" in Scotland with statistics showing women and ethnic minorities are disproportionately at risk, according to the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF).
Pressure on the Bank of England could be cooling as policymakers look set to raise interest rates further, but with an end to the prolonged hiking cycle in sight.
MORE than a thousand pro-independence supporters took to the streets today to march through Glasgow and send a message to Westminster that they will continue the fight to go it alone.
