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The city of Glasgow in the central belt of Scotland, encompasses the largest municipal and regional economy in Scotland. It is recognised as the largest contributor to the Scottish economy, and is the largest integrated economic region in Scotland and produces around a third of Scotland's output, business base, research power and employment.
In 2023, 88% of the near 5,100 asylum seekers in the whole of Scotland were living in Glasgow. [105] [106] Since the United Kingdom Census 2001 the population decline has been reversed. The population was static for a time; but due to migration from other parts of Scotland as well as immigration from overseas, the population has begun to grow.
The UK cost of living is currently the most affected of advanced economies. Private rents across all tenants in Scotland have risen significantly in recent months, with reports indicating that annual rents have increased by 15.1% in Edinburgh, 13.0% in Glasgow and 4.4% in Aberdeen. [2]
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The Big Issue newspaper defines a cost-of-living crisis as "a scenario in which the cost of everyday essentials like energy and food is rising much faster than average incomes". [1] The think-tank Institute for Government defines the UK's cost-of-living crisis as "the fall in real disposable incomes (that is, adjusted for inflation and after ...
More than 10,360 children were living in temporary accommodation in Scotland, according to new figures. ... The largest rise was in Glasgow, which saw a 22% increase in applications, followed by ...
The Royal Bank of Scotland expanded internationally to be the second-largest bank in Europe, the fifth largest in the world by market capitalisation in 2002, [80] but collapsed in the 2008 financial crisis and had to be bailed out by the UK Government at a cost of £76 billion; [81] its new global headquarters in Edinburgh augmented the city's ...
A report by Reform Scotland last year found that 200,000 children in Scotland are missing more than one day a fortnight. And almost 80,000 pupils miss at least one day a week - with attendance of ...