Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation: Report by the Scottish Parliament.

SHOCKING TRUTH ABOUT SCOTTISH POVERTY IN 2004: SAME CITY DIFFERENT WORLDS.

Daily Record

Scottish Socialist leader Tommy Sheridan said: 'New Labour continues to fail Glasgow and its low-income citizens by presiding over a regime of low wages and high council tax which keeps hundreds of thousands in the swamp of poverty.

'A higher minimum wage, and replacement of the unfair council tax with an income-based alternative, will tackle poverty more than any glossy review from the Scottish Executive.' Jim Coleman, depute leader of Glasgow City Council, urged the UK Government to make it easier for people to get off benefits and into jobs.

He said benefits should be 'tapered off', not stopped completely, when people find work.