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There is a lot here, so this page lists all of it. If you only want one thing, it is almost certainly your own area — that is the first list below.
Your council area
All 32 council areas in Scotland, worst rate first. Each page has ten years of figures for child poverty and out-of-work benefits, plus minimum-wage context and a clearly restricted ONS pay estimate.
Glasgow City 36.1%Clackmannanshire 28.5%Dundee City 26.1%West Dunbartonshire 25.2%Falkirk 25.1%Fife 25%North Lanarkshire 24.9%Midlothian 24.6%North Ayrshire 24.3%West Lothian 24.1%Angus 24.1%East Ayrshire 23.6%Moray 23%City of Edinburgh 22.8%Dumfries and Galloway 22.7%Inverclyde 22.4%East Lothian 22.1%Highland 22.1%Scottish Borders 21.5%Argyll and Bute 21.2%Renfrewshire 21%South Ayrshire 20.7%Stirling 20.4%Na h-Eileanan Siar 19.7%South Lanarkshire 19.5%Perth and Kinross 19.2%Aberdeen City 19.1%Orkney Islands 18.6%Aberdeenshire 15%East Dunbartonshire 14.9%Shetland Islands 14.5%East Renfrewshire 12%
Your MP's area
All 57 Scottish seats, A to Z. Each page names the MP and writes the email for you.
Aberdeen North 22.4%Aberdeen South 16.9%Aberdeenshire North and Moray East 22.5%Airdrie and Shotts 27.6%Alloa and Grangemouth 26.6%Angus and Perthshire Glens 22.9%Arbroath and Broughty Ferry 23.7%Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber 22.1%Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock 28.5%Bathgate and Linlithgow 23.7%Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk 24.6%Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross 23.4%Central Ayrshire 25.8%Coatbridge and Bellshill 26.9%Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy 27.3%Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch 23.6%Dumfries and Galloway 26.8%Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale 23.4%Dundee Central 28.2%Dunfermline and Dollar 21.2%East Kilbride and Strathaven 19.4%East Renfrewshire 12%Edinburgh East and Musselburgh 23.2%Edinburgh North and Leith 23.5%Edinburgh South 15.5%Edinburgh South West 20.3%Edinburgh West 13.8%Falkirk 25.7%Glasgow East 34.9%Glasgow North 31.4%Glasgow North East 32.7%Glasgow South 30.6%Glasgow South West 33.5%Glasgow West 28.8%Glenrothes and Mid Fife 30.1%Gordon and Buchan 14%Hamilton and Clyde Valley 24.7%Inverclyde and Renfrewshire West 23.1%Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire 21.7%Kilmarnock and Loudoun 26.3%Livingston 24.7%Lothian East 17.9%Mid Dunbartonshire 11.7%Midlothian 24.6%Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey 22.6%Motherwell, Wishaw and Carluke 25.5%Na h-Eileanan an Iar 19.7%North Ayrshire and Arran 27.5%North East Fife 21.4%Orkney and Shetland 18.6%Paisley and Renfrewshire North 24.6%Paisley and Renfrewshire South 24.5%Perth and Kinross-shire 21.5%Rutherglen 22.4%Stirling and Strathallan 19.8%West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine 11.4%West Dunbartonshire 26.3%
Where you live
The figures for your own council area and your own MP's area.
All 32 council areasChild poverty, benefits and pay context where you liveAll 57 MP areasThe area each MP is responsible forGlasgowWhy the worst rate in Scotland is where it isCouncil tax by bandWhat it really costs, water includedTake-home pay calculatorWhat you keep on Scottish tax ratesGuess the figureSix questions. Most people get them wrong
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Explainers
Short, plain-English answers to the questions people ask most.
- Council tax in Scotland: the simple guide nobody gives you
- What minimum wage actually pays in Scotland in 2026
- Minimum wage and the real Living Wage are not the same thing
- What happens to Universal Credit when you work more hours?
- Why rent help does not cover the rent in much of Scotland
- The energy price cap does not cap your total bill
- Why food prices stay high when inflation falls
- Crisis Grant Scotland: how to apply and what you get
- Discretionary Housing Payments in Scotland, explained
- Free school meals and clothing grants: what families can get
- Why is the cost of living still so high in Scotland?
- Most children in poverty in Scotland have a parent who works
- What does poverty actually mean in the UK?
- What is the Scottish Child Payment, and who can get it?
- How to contact your MP or MSP (and what to actually say)
One measure at a time
Each indicator, with its full history and its source.