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Child poverty worsens in Dumfries and Galloway as Covid hits poorest hardest
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The impact of widespread child poverty in Dumfries and Galloway has been significantly worsened by the pandemic, according to a new report.
And the prolonged lockdown restrictions “disproportionately affected low-income families with young children.” With more than 6,200 youngsters in poverty across the region at the last count in 2019/20, this placed Dumfries and Galloway as the seventh worst out of 32 council areas in Scotland.
However, the region’s annual Local Child Poverty Action Report revealed that the Covid measures have piled on the pain for poor families.
The report, due to be tabled at this Thursday’s full council meeting, reads: “The pandemic and the control measures required to reduce direct Covid-19 harm have.
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