An “unfathomable” decision to slash £2million of funding for West Dunbartonshire’s most deprived children has been slammed as new stark figures revealed the attainment gap is widening.
The Lennox Herald reported last year how the region will lose a huge portion of the Scottish Government’s Attainment Challenge cash, which aims to reduce the poverty-related attainment gap in the country’s poorest areas.
And last week, new statistics showed the pandemic has led to the gap widening – prompting calls for the funding to be reinstated immediately.
