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Joseph Rowntree Foundation report finds 1 in 4 children in Scotland living in poverty
Created: 08/11/2024
News/Events Category: Children and Families
According to the latest Joseph Rowntree Foundation Poverty in Scotland Report 2024, more than 1 in 5 Scots are currently living in poverty and struggling to survive on incomes that fall below what they need. This includes 1 in every 4 children in Scotland. Despite the severity of the issue, there has been little meaningful progress in reducing these figures in recent years.
In last year’s report, the Foundation explored how the current job market is perpetuating the existing levels of poverty. This year, their focus shifted to the social security system, examining how it is contributing to the hardship many people face across Scotland and considering how the system could be reformed to offer better support.
This year’s Poverty in Scotland Report continues the trend of showing little change in the unacceptable levels of poverty in Scotland, with over a million people living in poverty, including around a quarter of a million children.
Those families most likely to experience poverty still show extremely high levels of poverty, most vividly captured in the fact that over half of children in minority ethnic families (53%) are trapped in poverty.
The report makes the case for restoring the social security system to the investment in people, providing everyone with a good quality of life, free from poverty.
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