One in seven working-age adults and children could still be living below the poverty line by the mid-2020s, according to new research from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
Scotland’s employment rate currently stands at 73.5 per cent and, on rates of growth achieved in the 10 years to 2007, it could reach 80 per cent by 2025. They found that if the 80 per cent employment rate was reached by the creation of only part-time jobs, poverty among working age adults and children could fall from 800,000 (19.4 per cent) to 670,000 (16.2 per cent). If most of those extra jobs were full-time, the number in poverty would fall further, to 600,000 (14.6 per cent).
Scotland’s employment rate currently stands at 73.5 per cent and, on rates of growth achieved in the 10 years to 2007, it could reach 80 per cent by 2025. They found that if the 80 per cent employment rate was reached by the creation of only part-time jobs, poverty among working age adults and children could fall from 800,000 (19.4 per cent) to 670,000 (16.2 per cent). If most of those extra jobs were full-time, the number in poverty would fall further, to 600,000 (14.6 per cent).
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