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Glasgow Live
Abbie Meehan

Scots in most deprived areas 2.6 times more likely to be handed Covid fine

More than one in four fixed penalty notices were issued for breaches of Covid rules to those living in deprived areas, a new report has shown.

People living in the 10 per cent most deprived areas of Scotland were 2.6 times more likely to be handed a fine than those living in the least deprived areas, figures analysed in a report by Professor Susan McVie at the University of Edinburgh show.

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