 What is a big obstacle for the Glasgow Pound?
It's lunchtime at Glasgow Chambers in late November, and Councillor George Redmond is getting worked up at the prospect a Glasgow Pound. But they will only work if Britons are ready to accept that they have the power to invent their own currency. It's an idea he no longer thinks will work, because the debate, since Brexit, has shifted from the currency issue back to ideas about Scottish independence. Everyone has gathered to decide what a Glasgow Pound might look like at a time when many are asking if local currencies can work at all. Councillor Redmond says Glasgow has been closely watching existing alternative currencies like the Brixton Pound in London, which was introduced in 2011.
 More than a third of the families grow up in poverty. A local currency makes shopping a little more expensive.
 There is a ten-year life expectancy gap between different parts of the city.  More than a third of the families grow up in poverty. A local currency makes shopping a little more expensive.  They must be used at independent shops, instead of big supermarket chains.  In deprived areas, people cannot afford time and money to put into their communities.