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I can't speak English and I have problems... I can't work and I worry about providing for my children. I would love to go to work and I am now trying to find a new [job].

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Invisible Islington: A report by the Cripplegate Foundation (2008)

Poverty In Your Area

Barnet

Barnet has relatively low levels of deprivation when compared with other London boroughs and has only the 26 th highest level of child poverty in London (out of the 32 boroughs in the capital). However the high levels of inequality prevalent in the borough demonstrate that pockets of concentrated disadvantage exist.
In particular, problems of disadvantage in housing and crime are drivers of local deprivation in Barnet¹.

Children in Low Income Families²	Breakdown of Children in Low Income Families³		Rank of Local Authority⁴ (Out of 354 - where 1 is the most deprived borough in England ).	Number of Deprived Wards in the Borough⁵
	In Work⁶	Out of Work⁷
37%	14%	23%	128	6 (out of 210).

Number of Children and Expected Children in Temporary Accommodation⁸

3573

Representatives:

	Name	Constituency	Political Party
London Assembly Member	Brian Cleman	Barnet and Camden	Conservative
Council Leader	Mike Freer	Barnet	Conservative
Member of Parliament	Theresa Villiers	Chipping Barnet	Conservative
Member of Parliament	Rudi Vis	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour
Member of Parliament	Andrew Dismore	Hendon	Labour

For more information about the borough please visit:

www.childpovertytoolkit.org.uk which provides up-to-date child poverty data, advice on child poverty proofing practices and good practice examples from Local Authorities around England .
http://www.go-london.gov.uk/boroughinfo/ which provides direct links to key information and statistics about your borough supplied by government departments and the Office for National Statistics. These include census information, performance indicators and school performance statistics.

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The State of the Borough, An Economic Social and Environmental Profile, 2007, The local futures group, http://www.capitalambition.gov.uk/
Source: HM Revenue and Customs (latest data – 2006). Provided by the Child Poverty Toolkit ( www.childpovertytoolkit.org.uk ).
Source: HM Revenue and Customs (latest data – 2006). Provided by the Child Poverty Toolkit ( www.childpovertytoolkit.org.uk ).
Provided by Government Office for London ( http://www.go-london.gov.uk/boroughinfo/ ). Rank of Local Authority out of 354 local authorities in England (where 1 is the most deprived).
Provided by Government Office for London ( http://www.go-london.gov.uk/boroughinfo/ ). Number of Wards that fall in the top 10% most deprived wards in England .
In Work: Receiving Working Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit
Out of Work: Receiving Workless Benefits – Job Seekers Allowance, Incapacity Benefit, Income Support or Carer's Allowance.
Figures provided by Shelter (2008).