"Almost 100% of children in 73 neighbourhoods in England are living in income-deprived families, according to new measures that factor in the impact of soaring rents. Changes to official measures reveal the neighbourhoods where in effect all children live in low-income households. Of these, 31 are in inner London boroughs with high housing costs such as Tower Hamlets, Hackney, Haringey and Westminster."
"At a neighbourhood level, Jaywick in Nigel Farage's Clacton constituency in Essex tops the ranking for the fourth time in a row. The recalculation of income deprivation measures to recognise the effects of high housing costs in London represents a dynamic change in the picture of deprivation and may have politically charged ramifications for local authority and NHS budgets across the country."
Almost 100% of children in 73 neighbourhoods in England are living in income-deprived families after measures factor in soaring rents. Thirty-one of these neighbourhoods are in inner London boroughs with high housing costs such as Tower Hamlets, Hackney, Haringey and Westminster. Blackpool, Middlesbrough, Burnley, Manchester and Birmingham rank as the five most deprived local authority areas. Jaywick in Clacton tops the neighbourhood ranking for the fourth consecutive time. The recalculation of income deprivation to reflect high London housing costs represents a dynamic change and may affect local authority and NHS budgets. Micro-pockets of concentrated hardship are linked to welfare limits and housing benefit caps.
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