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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

Kingston-upon-Thames

Kingston-upon-Thames has very low levels of deprivation and is one of the least deprived among the London boroughs; however levels of inequality are high suggesting that the borough has some pockets of concentrated disadvantage.
Problems of disadvantage in housing and the living environment in the borough are above the national average¹.

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 Borough ⁵
	In Work⁶	Out of Work⁷
28%	13%	15%	245	0(out of 197).

Representatives:

	Name	Constituency	Political Party
London Assembly Member	Tony Arbour	South West	Conservative
Council Leader	Derek Osbourne	Kingston-upon-Thames	Liberal Democrat
Member of Parliament	Edward Davey	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat
Member of Parliament	Susan Kramer	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat

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.