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The food bank operator Trussell Trust has published a new report highlighting the extent to which the UK is experiencing an ongoing poverty crisis.

Christians Against Poverty (CAP) has published a new report outlining the extent of the financial and debt-related challenges that many thousands of people are facing in Scotland and across the UK.

A sizable majority of people in the UK aged between 45 and 54 have found themselves worrying about their debts during the pandemic and for many those issues are getting worse.

The Scottish capital is facing the prospect of seeing something like a “tidal wave of personal debt” in the coming months.

Everyone living in Scotland has been promised access to free and fast Covid-19 tests as part of a plan to help the country gradually return to normal and keep the coronavirus at bay.

The operators of a leading food bank network have revealed that demand for its emergency parcels increased sharply last year as the pandemic caused so much damage to the circumstances of households across the UK.

The dynamics of the Covid-19 pandemic have meant that millions of households across the UK have effectively been kicking the issue of dealing with their problem debts down the road.

People aged between 25 and 34 have accrued the most personal debt over the course of the pandemic, according to a new set of figures.

Millions of people across the UK are struggling financially due to the lingering effects of the Covid crisis.

The impact of the coronavirus pandemic on household incomes and jobs has been such that huge numbers of people across the UK have seen their mental health suffer during the crisis.

The numbers of people looking for advice on how to handle issues including debt management has increased sharply during the coronavirus lockdown.

Debt levels have been piling up for millions of people over the course of the pandemic and private renters are particularly likely to be feeling the financial strain.