When young people grow up in communities with few visible signs of educational achievement or prosperity, the odds are stacked against them.
This harsh reality has been highlighted in a recent report by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation revealing that nearly three-quarters of the 180 wards with the highest levels of child poverty are concentrated in London, Glasgow, Merseyside and Greater Manchester.
Scotland takes action
To address this, the Scottish Executive recently announced 10 targets for tackling poverty, including reducing the proportion of 16- to 19-year-olds not in education, employment or training by 2008 and getting at least half of all young care-leavers into education, employment or training by 2007.
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