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Child poverty falls in Scotland by 10 per cent

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Child poverty falls in Scotland by 10 per cent

by The Daily Eye Team February 5 2014, 2:31 pm Estimated Reading Time: 0 mins, 26 secs

Child poverty in Scotland fell by almost twice the level in England over a decade, new analysis in the run-up to the independence referendum has shown. The proportion of children in poverty dropped 10% in the decade to 2011/12, compared with six percentage points in England, according to a report by the New Policy Institute (NPI) for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF).

Despite this success, the charity warned progress had stalled as it published the first of three referendum briefings ahead of the vote on September

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