A Conservative councillor sparked a debate over child poverty after admitting he had never heard the term ‘relative poverty’.
Ayrshire and Arran NHS Board was discussing a report that stated that more than a quarter of Ayrshire children lived in relative poverty, with the majority coming from working households.
South Ayrshire Council’s depute leader, councillor Lee Lyons, newly appointed as the council representative on the body, then questioned exactly what ‘relative poverty’ meant.
