The Scottish Government has been accused creating a “policy blind spot” that is making driving drug and alcohol deaths and suicides of young men from poor backgrounds to the top of European charts . ‌

A scathing new report suggests the SNP government has kicked the can down the road on housing and NHS funding, leading to a timebomb of problems for men aged between 18 and 44 from deprived areas. ‌

The shameful reality of such short-sightedness, it is claimed, is that Scotland has the lowest life expectancy rate in Europe and men from poor backgrounds live a shocking 13 years less than those from the least deprived areas. ‌

The Inequality Landscape Report by the Scottish Health Equity Research Unit (SHERU) claims Scotland should be putting in place resources and programmes t

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