The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has published its deprivation index which looks at an area’s levels of income, employment, education, health and crime as well as housing services and living environment. Jaywick in Essex, near Clacton-on-Sea, was previously found to be the most deprived in the last two reports in 2010 and 2015 and it has won this unwelcome accolade again. Jaywick is followed by nine areas of the North West as the most deprived in England, part of Gainsborough is the first EM entry ranked 24th. The Ministry divides England up into 32,844 neighbourhoods averaging about 1,500 residents or 650 households each.
In terms of local authorities, 31% of Nottingham was classified as deprived which ranked the city 15th worst in the UK but no other EM local authority made the top 32. In terms of performance since 2015, one area of the EM has seen deprivation accelerate the fastest in the UK. Mansfield was ranked fourth and saw deprivation increase by c6%.
Mansfield is one of the EM towns invited to apply for regeneration funding as part of the £3.6bn Towns Fund which is targeted at 100 English towns. Towns must submit economic growth plans with a...
