A GREENOCK-born MSP has attacked what he says is a lack of action on deprivation in Inverclyde. Jamie Greene, who was brought up in Gibshill, is calling for the Scottish Government to get a grip of the crisis which was exposed last year when the district topped poverty league tables. The West Scotland MSP says ministers are not doing enough to tackle the health, unemployment and crime issues facing the area. The communities secretary Aileen Campbell has today hit back, and insists the government is taking strong action to tackle poverty and inequality across Scotland, including in Greenock and Inverclyde .
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