HEALTH

Unhealthy trends

Health inequality in Scotland is a growing problem, despite a drop in child poverty in the decade to 2010-11, a report by experts has warned.

Health inequality in Scotland is a growing problem, despite a 10% drop in child poverty in the decade to 2010-11, a report by experts has warned.

Published on 21 January, the report from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, also found the number of under-25s out of work had almost doubled to 90,000 in the last five years.

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