Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.Nearly 900 more kids in Renfrewshire are living in poverty than five years ago.The grim situation has worsened by almost two per cent and is heading towards one in four of all children in the area.And the university research does not take into account any impact of the coronavirus.The data from Loughborough University, in Leicestershire, also revealed East Renfrewshire is the only council area among Scotland’s 32 local authorities where the situation is getting better.Renfrewshire’s poverty figure showed an increase between 2015 and 2019 of 875 kids – a 1.8 per cent rise to 6,958.That now means 23 per cent of children in Renfrewshire are classed as.
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