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The flat is the biggest negative - it's too small and we're on top of each other. Not working is a problem as well. I can't change the housing situation because we don't earn enough for a motgage and we aren't priority housing candidates.

Woman with children

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

Poverty In Your Area

Bromley

Bromley has below average levels of deprivation compared with other London boroughs and has only the 30th highest level of child poverty in London (out of the 32 boroughs in the capital). However levels of inequality are high suggesting there are pockets of concentrated deprivation within the borough.
In particular, the borough suffers from problems of disadvantage in housing and crime¹.

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
30%	13%	18%	228	1 (out of 197).

Number of Children and Expected Children in Temporary Accommodation⁸

971

Representatives:

	Name	Constituency	Political Party
London Assembly Member	James Cleverly	Bexley and Bromley	Conservative
Council Leader	Stephen Carr	Bromley	Conservative
Member of Parliament	Jacqui Lait	Beckenham	Conservative
Member of Parliament	Bob Neill	Bromley and Chislehurst	Conservative
Member of Parliament	John Horam	Orpington	Conservative

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).