Scottish families – 24,000 in poverty with unemployment, ill health and overcrowding

A STAGGERING 24,000 Scots families are living in extreme poverty, a report claims.

A combination of factors including no qualifications, ­overcrowding, ill health and unemployment contribute to the grim statistic.

Think tank Demos found Glasgow is the worst affected with more than one in 10 families (11 per cent) facing severe disadvantage – almost three times the national average of four per cent. Fife was also above the Scots average with five per cent.

Paul Moore, chief ­executive of Scottish charity Quarriers, said: “The research paints a bleak picture of what life is like for ­thousands of families across Scotland.”

Researchers analysed 28,000 ­Scots familes, looking at seven disadvantages. Those facing four or more were considered “severely disadvantaged”…

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