Shock stats show local area is struggling compared to rest of South Lanarkshire

Rutherglen and Cambuslang are struggling the most in all of South Lanarkshire.

That’s the finding of a shock new council report that has laid bare the difficulties being faced throughout the area this year.

The paper states that Rutherglen and Cambuslang have:

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The highest rate of alcohol and/or drug admissions in the local authority area;

 More unemployment and people on long- term sick leave/disabled than elsewhere;

 More single parent households than the council average (nine per cent against an average of 7.8 per cent);

 More children under 20 living in low income families;

 A higher level of social work referrals than anywhere else (32.2 per cent compared to the council average of 29.4 per cent);