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ONS survey leads to call for action to improve Dundee's low-wage economy
An MSP has said it is ''a crying shame'' that so many people in Dundee have to work for low wages. (...)
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MP says child poverty report delivers a 'shocking indictment' of modern society
Children in some parts of Scotland are growing up amid Victorian-era levels of poverty, a Fife MP has warned. (...)
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Increasing levels of deprivation shock for Fife
An increasing proportion of Scotland's most deprived areas are in Fife, according to grim statistics. (...)
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Alternatives sought after solar panel scheme switched off
Dundee City Council has committed itself to trying to find a replacement for its collapsed solar power project. (...)
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Deprivation continues to limit Scots' life expectancy
Scots have the lowest life expectancy in the UK — and people born in Dundee have one of the lowest in Scotland. (...)
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Scottish Government says extra support is response to rocketing fuel prices
An extra £5 million of Scottish Government money is to be used to tackle fuel poverty. (...)
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'He should get real' — David Cameron accused of 'simplistic' views on debt
Prime Minister David Cameron has been accused of holding an over-simplistic view of how to tackle personal debt. (...)
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Dentist says new rules to cut subsidies for braces are a 'serious mistake'
A Dundee dentist has described as a ''serious mistake'' new rules that could see parents pay up to £2,000 for orthodontic treatment for their children. (...)
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Helen Eadie's 'living wage' attack prompts angry response from council leader
A political row has broken out after new figures suggested almost one in 10 council workers in Fife is paid less than the living wage. (...)
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Joseph Rowntree Foundation says report exposes devastating effects of poverty
Poverty in Scotland is causing misery, with family breakdown, depression and ill health among the devastating side-effects, a report this week warned. (...)
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Miss Glasgow's bike bid to beat the cycle of poverty
Miss Glasgow Amanda Quinn has cycled along to Tannadice to help the homeless. (...)
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Gordon Brown and Jim Leishman visit set of film that taps into community's rich seam
Under blazing summer skies on Tuesday former Prime Minister Gordon Brown stood in the middle of a Fife landscape once farmed by his ancestors. (...)
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Scottish and Southern Energy adds to consumers' power price pain
The Scottish Government is demanding Scottish and Southern Energy explain how it can justify a price hike that could plunge tens of thousands of people into fuel poverty. (...)
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Price hikes like ScottishPower's give councils little hope of cutting fuel poverty
Increases in energy prices mean that Dundee City Council's efforts to tackle fuel poverty are "inevitably going to fail," according to a local authority figure. (...)
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NHS chief says latest drugs study 'challenges' whole region
A shocking report highlighting the extent of Fife's drugs problem should "challenge" everyone living and working in the region, it has been suggested. (...)
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Lorraine Kelly joins new effort to tackle child poverty in Scotland
STV and the Hunter Foundation have joined forces to launch a charitable venture focusing on cutting child poverty in Scotland. Among the project's trustees is broadcaster Lorraine Kelly. Here she explains why everyone should help drag Scottish children out of poverty. (...)
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Alternative garden party to provide 'antidote' to royal wedding hype
Thousands of street parties may be taking place across the UK to celebrate the royal wedding on Friday — but the only public event taking place in Dundee will call for the abolition of the monarchy. (...)
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Pensioners' group in poverty line claim
A leading voice for the elderly in Dundee has claimed that the failure of successive governments to raise the state pension has left many older people living below the poverty line. (...)
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'Third world' conditions in Tayside linked to 'heating or eating' quandary
Rocketing cases of malnutrition in Tayside must be tackled, a leading charity has warned. (...)
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Housing investment vital to tackling poverty and boosting economy — academics
Cutting investment in housing in poor areas hits the education and long-term employment opportunities of the children there, according to a report co-authored by a St Andrews University academic. (...)
