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There are things in this life that I can't afford, like my children can't do some activities because I can't afford it. It is the way that I don't have options. As a mum I would like to have the best for my kids and some times I feel frustrated about that.

Woman with children

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

Poverty In Your Area

Waltham Forest

Waltham Forest has high levels of deprivation and has been identified as the 10^th most deprived borough in London with the 10th highest level of child poverty (out of the 32 boroughs in the capital).
High levels of crime and poor health are significant drivers of deprivation in the borough ¹.

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
55%	21%	33%	27	18 (out of 159).

Number of Children and Expected Children in Temporary Accommodation ⁸

3272

Representatives:

	Name	Constituency	Political Party
London Assembly Member	Jeanette Arnold (also leader of Assembly)	North East	Labour
Council Leader	Clyde Loakes	Waltham Forest	Labour
Member of Parliament	Iain Duncan Smith	Chingford & Woodford Green	Conservative
Member of Parliament	Harry Cohen	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour
Member of Parliament	Neil Gerrard	Walthamstow	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).