Young Scots have paid a disproportionate price when it comes to the impact of Covid lockdowns and the cost-of-living crisis that followed.
Thousands of lives were put on hold at a key time in their development. School closures disrupted their learning and rampant inflation has forced them to reassess their futures.
Now council cutbacks are hitting our kids as well. The YMCA in Bellshill is just one example of the kind of much-loved local institution that has seen its public funding slashed.
