Efforts to combat the cost-of-living crisis were stepped up on Friday when the Perth and Kinross Anti-Poverty Taskforce met for the first time.
The meeting was followed by Perth City Leadership Forum’s Big Lunch, which saw businesses and other organisations come together to discuss the issues facing residents and how they can be addressed.
Councillors agreed to create the Anti-Poverty Taskforce in response to the deepening economic crisis. Its first meeting, at Dewars Centre in Perth, saw representatives from the local authority, agencies, charities and the third sector meet to discuss what can be done to reduce the immediate impact of the ongoing crisis and the longer-term causes of poverty.
Opening the inaugural meeting, Perth and Kinross Council chief executive Thomas Glen said: “In 2019, it was estimated there were 5155 children living in poverty.
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