“Poverty levels have deepened.'
A rising number of poor families in Glasgow are being forced to live on £115 per week below the poverty line on average, a report shows.
Among efforts to reduce child poverty, Glasgow City council has put in financial inclusion advisers at secondary schools and set up a new advice service Glasgow Helps, which helps families access food and fuel top ups among other schemes.But a council report said despite a number of positive results from projects, “the level of child poverty continues to outgrow the progress that’s being made by the council, NHS and our 3rd sector community organisations.
The Scottish Government has set a target that by 2030- fewer than 10 per cent of children are to be in relative poverty. The current figure in Glasgow stands at 26 per cent of children in relative poverty. That stood at £31,400 annually in 2021, which would mean a household classed as being in relative poverty would be living on less than £1570 per month, or £362 per week.
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