The report by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation shows that nearly 90,000 young people are now out of work in the country – the only age group to have suffered from rising unemployment over the past two years.
Research also showed that a boy born in one of the 10 per cent most deprived areas in Scotland can expect to live eight years less than the national average, and 14 years less than their counterparts from the least deprived areas. For girls, the gap narrowed to four years below the national average, and eight less than girls in the least deprived locations.
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