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High levels of unemployment, social exclusion, crime, deprivation and homelessness combine to create major challenges for London’s boroughs.

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Newham

Newham has one of the highest rates of child poverty in London and is one of the top ten most deprived boroughs both in London and nationally¹.
Particular issues that Newham faces include high levels of unemployment, although this has been improving recently, lack of affordable childcare, high levels of debt and a poor living environment².

Children in Low Income Families ³	Breakdown of Children in Low Income Families ⁴		Rank of Local Authority ⁵ (Out of 354 - where 1 is the most deprived borough in England ).	Number of Deprived Wards in the Borough ⁶
	In Work ⁷	Out of Work ⁸
69%	28%	41%	6	53 (out of 159)

Representatives:

	Name	Constituency	Political Party
London Assembly Member	John Biggs	City & East	Labour
Elected Mayor	Sir Robin Wales	Newham	Labour
Member of Parliament	Stephen Timms	East Ham	Labour
Member of Parliament	Lyn Brown	West Ham	Labour
Member of Parliament	Jim Fitzpatrick	Popular & Canning Town	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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Government Office for London , http://www.go-london.gov.uk/boroughinfo/ .
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.