A new approach to tackling poverty and giving children the best start to life is being pioneered in South Lanarkshire.

The council and key partners are moving ahead with their part of a pilot scheme known as the Collaboration for Health Equity in Scotland (CHES), boosted by a £5 million package to kick-start change.

And the new project will aim to break the damaging cycle of continuing health inequalities in areas of deprivation, by providing targeted support for families with young children.

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