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South and East Ayrshire councils outline their child poverty strategies as scale of problem highlighted

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Ayrshire councils have outlined the steps they are taking to tackle child poverty. Ayrshire Live told last week how nearly 16,500 children in Ayrshire are living in poverty.

A new report commissioned by the End Child Poverty coalition revealed that 4,366 children in South Ayrshire were living in poverty during the financial year 2019/20, once housing costs were taken into account.

East Ayrshire’s figures show 5,754 children were living in poverty – with 6,274 living below the breadline in North Ayrshire.

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