London is most deprived region in the UK

Thursday, 04 June 2009

LONDON is the most deprived region in the UK, East London is the poorest area in London, and Newham scored lower overall than neighbouring Hackney and Tower Hamlets.

According to figures published by End Child Poverty, 69 per cent of Newham’s children are growing up in struggling families.

4in10: The End Child Poverty London Project is highlighting the need for concerted action to address Newham’s child poverty upon the release of ‘London’s Poverty Profile’.

Development manager Liz Thorne of 4in10 said: “Poverty blights children’s lives and this report demonstrates the direct impact on children in Newham.

“The alarming prevalence of child poverty highlighted by ‘London’s Poverty Profile’ in what is one of the richest cities in the world is something which should shame us all.”

Although the report rates Newham’s performance on pay inequality, underage pregnancy and attainment at age 16 as being in the top 50 per cent of London boroughs, the overall picture it paints is of a borough with high levels of deprivation to overcome.

Local authority initiatives such as the Newham Child Poverty Strategy and innovative approaches such as the Mayor’s ‘Workplace’ project are helping, but more work needs to be done.

Ms Thorne described the borough as one with ‘a great many challenges which are directly affecting its children’.

For more information about the report, take a look at www.4in10.org.uk

Email: stratford@yellowad.co.uk

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