The Guardian view on deprived neighbourhoods: incomes as well as places need a boost | Editorial

Labour must not ignore the warnings contained in the updated index of multiple deprivationWhat does it mean for a neighbourhood to be poor? Since the 1970s, the UK government has regularly sought to answer this question by pulling together a range of statistics about the people who live there. The aim is to enable funding to be directed where it is most needed, and to make possible place-based initiatives alongside those aimed at individuals or households.For a Labour government trailing Reform UK in the polls, the latest data – which is weighted towards income and employment, but also includes health and educational outcomes – should serve as a wake-up call. Virtually all the areas in England either trapped in the “most deprived”, or climbing up the ranks to join them, are in the party’s urban or post-industrial heartlands. Continue reading...

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