Poverty Alliance identified 167 different organisations
providing emergency food to struggling Scots. It claimed there is now a
"real danger that emergency food aid provision may become a permanent
feature of the welfare landscape in Scotland".
Report author Mary Anne MacLeod stated: "It is crucial
to understand that we are not just dealing with a problem simply of food, but
of poverty and inequality.”
Meanwhile, Blair’s old college has overtaken Prince Charles’
alma mater to become Scotland’s most expensive school. The fees charged by
Fettes College, now outstrip Gordonstoun, in three out of four categories, according
to the schools’ websites. Fettes now charges over £23,000 a year for senior day
pupils – just ahead of Gordonstoun. Fettes’ sky-high fees, say experts, are partly
the result of super-rich parents from overseas picking the Scottish capital its
combination of relative safety and cultural richness.
Today’s parents have to find £21,825 a year to send junior
pupils to board at Fettes – £918 more than Gordonston. Junior day pupils at the
city school will cost parents £13,965 a year – £1,110 more than Gordonstoun.
Senior day pupils at Fettes have to pay £23,190 a year to attended the
prestigious school – £108 more than Gordonston. The only category where
Gordonston remains the most expensive in Scotland is for senior boarders
currently priced at £30,885 a year – but only £235 a term more than Fettes.
Loretto in Musselburgh is not far behind with fees of
£29,460 a year for senior boarders. Merchiston, in Edinburgh, charges £28,560
for senior borders. Dollar Academy charges £25,524 a year for senior borders
and £11,034 for day pupils. The High School, Glasgow, charges up to £10,500 a
year for day pupils while in Aberdeen Albyn School charges £11,520 a year for
senior day pupils.
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