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Poverty in Scotland declining under Labour
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THE number of Scottish children living in absolute poverty has
more than halved since Labour came to power, it emerged yesterday.
There have also been significant reductions in absolute poverty
figures for adults and pensioners, statistics released by the
Scottish Executive show.
However, the figures for relative poverty - people's standard of
living compared with the average - which Labour has said it will use
as a measure of its anti-poverty policies, are not as impressive.
In 1996-97, the ...
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