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Employment, Earnings And Incomes In Scotland

How have employment, earnings and incomes performed in Scotland compared with the rest of the UK? What drives geographic inequalities within Scotland? Reductions in poverty - particularly among children - and inequalities in incomes and opportunities across people and places are key aims of the Scottish Government's National Strategy for Economic Transformation. In this context, this report examines how the levels of and trends in employment, earnings and incomes vary across Scottish households and local authority (LA) areas, and how Scotland performs relative to the rest of the UK. [Read Full Article]