Rural Child Poverty at All Time High - DNG Online Limited

Rural child poverty at all time high - DNG Online Limited

CHILD poverty levels in rural Scotland have reached the highest levels on record. The most recent poverty figures show that between 2020-23 and 2021-24, the child poverty rate in rural Scotland rose from 14.5 per cent to 21.3 per cent – its highest level on record. While the overall number of people in relative poverty in Scotland declined slightly in this time, in rural communities it soared by 16 per cent. The figures have lead to South Scotla…

Scottish Government signs £114m deal for rural and agricultural services modernisation

The farming and rural directorate has brought in a specialist provider to help its work to deliver ‘a broad range of essential payments and support services to customers across Scotland’ The Scottish Government has awarded a £100m-plus contract for a supplier to support digital upgrades in the delivery of digital services across its Agriculture and Rural Economy directorate. On 14 April, the ARE directorate entered into a potential seven-year en…