A new Audit Scotland report warns the cost of living crisis will only make the situation worse.
In 2019/20, pre-dating the pandemic, the latest single-year data available indicates that 260,000 children were living in poverty.The target for 2023/24 is for relative child poverty to fall to 18%.
"The Scottish government needs to work with its partners to quickly set out the detail of how the second child poverty plan will be delivered, monitored and evaluated. He said: "Councils have a key role to play in tackling child poverty through measures such as housing, education, childcare and employability. But there is limited information available across councils about what they are doing and its impact."The Save the Children charity said families experiencing poverty need to be given a far greater role in shaping the solutions.