New figures show child poverty is rising in West Dunbartonshire
Over one quarter of children in the area are on the breadline, according to End Child Poverty.
Child poverty levels are rising
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From Marcus Rashford to Maro Itoje, Jay Z’s Roc Nation is re-inventing celebrity Susannah Butter
‘A new chapter, let’s go,’ rugby player Maro Itoje wrote on his Instagram page. The England star was announcing that he had just signed to Roc Nation, American rapper Jay-Z’s management company, in November.
Talented, eloquent and politically engaged, the 26-year-old Itoje is a perfect fit; Jay-Z’s juggernaut agency also represents footballer Marcus Rashford. Since Roc Nation expanded into European sport six years ago it has steadily been disrupting the way sports stars are seen and the impact they create.
Last week, Itoje lived up to the nickname he has among rugby fans Super Maro by launching a campaign urging the UK Government to give free laptops to the 1.78 million children who currently cannot take part in online lessons because they lack adequate computers at home.
Shock as figures reveal one in four kids in Motherwell & Wishaw lives in poverty
The stats released by the End Child Poverty coalition, show that 4821 kids in the Motherwell and Wishaw UK parliamentary constituency are living in poverty at the moment – that’s 27.7 per cent of kids.
Wishaw main street.
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LONG-term disadvantaged pupils will see their academic performance affected by their situation, according to a report. Children across East Lancashire who come from disadvantaged families are struggling even more than before the Covid-19 pandemic, with a new report stating that those who have been living in poverty for a long time will also see this impact on their GCSE performance. The Northern Powerhouse Partnership (NPP) compared numbers of secondary schools with a high level of long-term disadvantaged high impact pupils between 2017 and 2019, as well as analysing attainment at GCSE level, which has shown the disadvantage gap has increased for children.