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Poverty: the damning facts

A shocking new report reveals that 910,000 Scots live in poverty � including 25% of the country�s children. Investigations Editor Neil Mackay looks at the depressing findings and at the human suffering that lies behind the statistics

JACK McConnell will cringe this coming Friday. The first minister is to address a unique event that day at Glasgow Caledonian University unveiling a special five-year study into the extent of poverty in Scotland.