Nearly one in four West Lothian children living in poverty is 'mark of shame'

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West Lothian is in the top ten of council areas with highest levels of child poverty in the country. ‌

In a list of shame the county’s figure of 24.1% outstrips Edinburgh and its neighbour South Lanarkshire. ‌

And the number of people classed as in work but in poverty has more than doubled in the last five years. ‌

Despite the shocking statistics laid before the council’s Corporate Policy and Resources PDSP, the baseline level of child poverty has marginally improved since the last years of the pandemic. READ MORE: West Lothian locals urged to take part in Alzheimer Scotland’s Memory Walk

In a report to the committee, Anti-poverty manager Nahid Hanif said: “The latest child poverty estimates from the End Child Poverty Coalition and Loughborough University indicate