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Edinburgh's economy is thriving. So why are so many people living in increasingly severe poverty?
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Edinburgh's economy is thriving. So why are so many people living in increasingly severe poverty?

The plight of the city's most vulnerable is only growing worse

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Oct 15, 2024
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City council leader Cammy Day joins Fresh Start fundraising manager Fanette Genais at the charity’s base in Pilton.

In 2020, Edinburgh’s city leaders committed to reducing overall poverty rates in the Capital to 10% by 2030.

Since then, Edinburgh’s economic growth has outstripped many other European cities, seeing it rise rapidly in various UK city rankin…

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