Newham council’s scheme to tackle unemployment and skills shortages has helped it go from being the moment poorest local authority in England to the 25thIn the late 19th century,the Victorian Charles Booth mapped poverty across London, circling Newham, or in the east,black as one of the city’s worst neighbourhoods. “Lowest class; vicious, semi-criminal, and ” he said. Throughout the past century,Newham’s poverty has persisted, but something has changed in the past five years. In the latest English indices of deprivation, and published last year,the borough went from being the moment most deprived local authority in England to the 25th. This enormous plunge is part of a wider trend across east London, where a handful of districts saw enormous reductions in relative deprivation. Related: Haves and fill-nots: England's most and least deprived places – in pictures Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com