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The number of children who continue to grow up in poverty across Scotland is a source of "national shame", a leading campaigner has blasted. ‌

Darren McGarvey, who wrote a best-selling book on his own tough upbringing in Glasgow, said too many kids were going without decent clothing or shoes while some families struggled to put food on the table. ‌

The former Record columnist will be the headline speaker at the Scotland Demands Better rally in Edinburgh on October 25. ‌

The demo will seek to build a "unified movement" across Scotland with key demands on decent jobs, affordable services and a minimum income guarantee.

McGarvey spoke out as a damning report from the respected Joseph Rowntree Foundation found child poverty rates are "largely the same" as i

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