{"id":4170,"date":"2014-10-15T10:50:35","date_gmt":"2014-10-15T10:50:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.viewsoftheworld.net\/?p=4170"},"modified":"2016-10-12T16:02:05","modified_gmt":"2016-10-12T16:02:05","slug":"child-poverty-in-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.viewsoftheworld.net\/?p=4170","title":{"rendered":"Child Poverty in London"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Campaign to End Child Poverty has today published new figures showing that London contains 14 out of the top 20 local authorities with the highest rates of child poverty across the UK.<\/p>\n

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\nThe above maps compiled from their data show the percentage of children in poverty (after housing costs) displayed on a cartogram projection of all children living in London (left), where each borough is resized according to the total number of children living there, and on a conventional land area map (right).
\nTower Hamlets is the London borough with the highest rate at (49%) and Richmond upon Thames the lowest (15%). In fifteen of the 33 London boroughs between one third and a half of children are poor.
\nHalf of the top 20 UK parliamentary constituencies with the highest child poverty rates are in London. Bethnal Green and Bow which has 49% children in poverty is the highest in London and the lowest are Wimbledon, Twickenham and Richmond Park which each have 15% .
\nThe London local authorities with the highest levels of child poverty are:<\/p>\n