Tag Archives: deprivation

Government risks a ‘lost decade’ for deprived areas

The government heralded the fall in unemployment as evidence their economic strategy is working – but in deprived areas the picture is less rosy.

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Local authorities face much higher cuts than Pickles claimed

Eric Pickles has masked the true cuts to local government budgets by using a total inflated by council tax and NHS social care funding, reports Rosanna Singler.

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