Source · Select Committees · Scottish Affairs Committee
Recommendation 1
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Scotland's deindustrialisation created lasting legacies of worklessness and health inequalities in unsupported communities.
Conclusion
Scotland’s experience of deindustrialisation over the past four decades demonstrates the profound and lasting consequences of industrial transition when communities are not properly supported. The loss of major industries has left a legacy of worklessness and health inequalities. Despite Scotland’s proud industrial heritage, the erosion of key industrial skills has meant that employers may look overseas to fill shortages, leaving former industrial communities at risk of being left behind once again. (Conclusion, Paragraph 69)