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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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Southwark

Southwark has one of the highest rates of child poverty in London. It is the 9th most deprived borough in London (out of the 32 boroughs in the capital) and is one of the twenty most deprived boroughs nationally¹.
Particular issues that Southwark faces include disadvantage in income, housing crime and health².

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
61%	24%	37%	26	16 (out of 165)

Number of Children and Expected Children in Temporary Accommodation ⁹

1477

Representatives:

	Name	Constituency	Political Party
London Assembly Member	Valerie Shawcross	Lambeth & Southwark	Labour
Council Leader	Nick Stanton	Southwark	Liberal Democrat
Member of Parliament	Tessa Jowell	Dulwich & West Norwood	Labour
Member of Parliament	Harriet Harman	Camberwell & Peckham	Labour
Member of Parliament	Simon Hughes	Southwark North & Bermondsey	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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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.
Figures provided by Shelter (2008).