NEW figures highlight that estimated child poverty in Shetland has risen over the last five years - and that is not including the knock-on effects of the coronavirus pandemic. Speaking after the research was revealed on Wednesday, Highlands and Islands MSP Ariane Burgess said.
Kingdom FM There s been a 2.7% increase in Fife since 2015, according to the End Child Poverty coalition.
The new data shows the scale of the challenge faced by UK, Scottish and local government if commitments to end child poverty in Scotland are to be met.
The research by Loughborough University, on behalf of the End Child Poverty coalition, shows that, even before the pandemic , levels of child poverty in Scotland ranged from nearly one in six children in the Shetland Islands and East Renfrewshire to nearly one in three in Glasgow - once housing costs are taken into account. Across the UK the North East of England has seen the most dramatic rise in child poverty in the past five years with child poverty rising by over a third - from 26% of all children to 37% - over five years.
More than a fifth of children living in Yate and Thornbury were in poverty in 2019/20, according to figures published today. Research undertaken by Loughborough University for the End Child Poverty Coalition found 21 per cent of those aged 15 and under, or 3,332 children, lived in a family earning below 60 per cent of the median income once housing costs were taken into account. The charity attributed their findings to stagnating family incomes and rising house prices. “The figures speak for themselves – the situation for children couldn’t be starker. We all want to live in a society where children are supported to be the best they can be, but the reality is very different for too many,” said Anna Feuchtwang, chair of the End Child Poverty Coalition.
Revealed: Quarter of Stroud children in poverty Almost a quarter of children living in Stroud were in poverty in 2019/20, according to a report published today. Research undertaken by Loughborough University for the End Child Poverty Coalition found 24 per cent of those aged 15 and under lived in a family earning below 60 per cent of the median income once housing costs were taken into account. This equates to 4,593 children, meaning 210 more were in poverty than in 2015, and the charity attributed their findings to stagnating family incomes and rising house prices. “The figures speak for themselves – the situation for children couldn’t be starker. We all want to live in a society where children are supported to be the best they can be, but the reality is very different for too many,” said Anna Feuchtwang, chair of the End Child Poverty Coalition.