Tackling poverty and inequality should be priorities in developing Scotland's city deals, a social care charity has said.

City and region deals worth a total of £740m have already been signed in Glasgow, Aberdeen and Inverness.

The Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) urged governments to work with city leaders and businesses to ensure more people benefit from economic growth.

The charity said just over a million people in Scotland live in poverty and one in five Scottish (441,000) people are paid below the voluntary living wage (£8.45 an hour).

JRF also said the employment rate remains lower than it was before the recession, average wages are £32 lower than they were ten years ago in real terms and one in six employees have no or very low qualifications.

It said increased devolution and the development of city region and growth deals provided an opportunity to design a more inclusive economy.

Speaking ahead of a summit in Glasgow, JRF chief executive Campbell Robb said: "Scotland has enjoyed a strong economic record but too many people have not shared in its success - over a million people live in poverty, which is a cost and waste our economy and society cannot afford.

"We need the Scottish Government, city leaders and Westminster to work together to pursue this goal, starting with progress on Scotland's city deals to tackle poverty.

"This agenda has momentum in England following the election of powerful metro mayors and, with political and economic uncertainty ahead, Scotland needs inclusive growth now to create a stronger and fairer economy.

"We need growth but everyone needs to the benefit from it."

It has been claimed that the Glasgow and Aberdeen deals will help create 32,000 jobs over the next 20 years.

Plans are also under way for deals for Edinburgh, Dundee, Perth and Stirling.