Poverty in Scotland – low-paid, insecure work and high costs

CDI News Desk

28 October 2025

Poverty in Scotland – low-paid, insecure work and high costs

The Joseph Rowntree Foundation’s Poverty Scotland 2025 report sets out the current state of poverty in a background in which ‘the economy is not working and in which low-paid, insecure work is entangled with high costs’.

It identifies nearly 1 in 4 children as living in poverty and high poverty rates remaining among the Scottish Government’s priority families. However, it does also highlight positive signs, such as the impact of the Scottish Child Payment.

While the vast majority of local authorities have seen lower child poverty rates, the report identifies the central belt – and particularly Glasgow – as having the biggest challenge. Nearly 1 in 10 people are in very deep poverty, and in-work poverty is increasing.

Read the Poverty in Scotland 2025 report.

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