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13 boroughs did not reach 50% of their target for new build social housing between 2008 and 2010.

• Boroughs were much more likely to meet their target for 'intermediate' affordable housing than for new social housing.

• Council waiting lists suggest there is huge unmet demand for social housing in London.

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On average, boroughs in Outer London have more people per GP than boroughs in Inner London.

• The least well-served boroughs have twice as many people per GP as the best-served.

]]> http://www.londonspovertyprofile.org.uk/indicators/topics/11-services/gp-services-by-borough/ http://www.londonspovertyprofile.org.uk/indicators/topics/11-services/gp-services-by-borough/ 11 Services Bexley City of London Hackney Havering Hillingdon Kensington and Chelsea Lambeth Newham Redbridge Southwark Tower Hamlets Wandsworth Westminster Mon, 17 Oct 2011 20:13:18 +0000

The percentage cuts to boroughs' "spending power" varies from 2% to 8.9% of their budgets.

• Tower Hamlets, Newham and Hackney saw the biggest budget cuts in the country.

• The budget cuts have been greatest in deprived Inner London boroughs.

]]> http://www.londonspovertyprofile.org.uk/indicators/topics/11-services/reduction-in-borough-budgets/ http://www.londonspovertyprofile.org.uk/indicators/topics/11-services/reduction-in-borough-budgets/ 11 Services Barking and Dagenham Hackney Harrow Havering Newham Richmond upon Thames Tower Hamlets Waltham Forest Mon, 17 Oct 2011 19:57:10 +0000

Rates of unemployment in London's boroughs are similar to those found in other large cities in England.

Within London, the highest levels of unemployment are found in Tower Hamlets where around 9% of working-age adults are unemployed.

Most boroughs saw an increase in unemployment from the middle of the last decade until the end.

]]> http://www.londonspovertyprofile.org.uk/indicators/topics/work-and-worklessness/unemployment-by-borough/ http://www.londonspovertyprofile.org.uk/indicators/topics/work-and-worklessness/unemployment-by-borough/ 04 Work and worklessness Barking and Dagenham Bexley Brent Ealing Greenwich Hackney Hammersmith and Fulham Kingston upon Thames Lambeth Newham Sutton Tower Hamlets Wandsworth Working-age adults Tue, 11 Oct 2011 17:18:18 +0000

Half of children in Newham live in a working household that receives tax credits needed to lift them out of poverty.

Overall, levels of recipiency are higher in the East of London.

]]> http://www.londonspovertyprofile.org.uk/indicators/topics/receiving-non-work-benefits/working-tax-credits-by-borough/ http://www.londonspovertyprofile.org.uk/indicators/topics/receiving-non-work-benefits/working-tax-credits-by-borough/ 03 People receiving benefits Brent Children Ealing Hackney Hounslow Newham Tower Hamlets Working-age adults Mon, 10 Oct 2011 17:41:54 +0000

The proportion of working-age adults claiming an out-of-work benefit in London is about the same as in the rest of England.

Overall, there has been no increase in the proportion of working-age Londoners claiming an out-of-work benefit since 2007.

However, all boroughs in Outer London have seen rises (which are balanced by falls in some Inner London boroughs).

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Over half of children in Tower Hamlets are in households either receiving out-of-work benefits or tax credits insufficient to lift them out of poverty.

• The proportion of children in poverty is five times as high in Tower Hamlets as in Richmond.

• Eight of the ten English local authorities with the highest rates of child poverty are in London.

]]> http://www.londonspovertyprofile.org.uk/indicators/topics/income-poverty/child-poverty-by-borough/ http://www.londonspovertyprofile.org.uk/indicators/topics/income-poverty/child-poverty-by-borough/ 01 Income poverty Children Hackney Islington Newham Richmond upon Thames Tower Hamlets Fri, 07 Oct 2011 17:32:48 +0000

The six boroughs with the highest rates of death before age 65 are in the Inner East & South.

The risk of premature death for residents in Hackney is twice that of Richmond or Kensington & Chelsea.

Since 2009, Since the last report, rates of premature mortality have come down in almost all boroughs.

]]> http://www.londonspovertyprofile.org.uk/indicators/topics/health/premature-death-by-borough/ http://www.londonspovertyprofile.org.uk/indicators/topics/health/premature-death-by-borough/ 07 Health Camden Hackney Hammersmith and Fulham Islington Kensington and Chelsea Lambeth Newham Richmond upon Thames Southwark Tower Hamlets Working-age adults Fri, 15 May 2009 09:43:24 +0000

The difference in newly homeless households by borough is one of the starkest on this site. The proportion of households accepted as homeless in Tower Hamlets is 8 times higher than in Merton, Harrow or Camden.

• Homelessness acceptances came down in most boroughs between 2007/8 and 2009-10.

• The numbers accepted as homeless depend on different boroughs' different local policies. These figures should not therefore be seen as accurately reflecting the levels of new homelessness in each borough.

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Educational attainment at age 11 is higher in London than in the rest of England, and has been improving faster.

More than a quarter of 11 year olds in London do not reach expected standards at the end of primary school.

The proportion of 11 year olds not reaching expected standards in Hackney is twice as high as those in Richmond.

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The boroughs with the highest proportions of adults lacking but wanting paid work are in Inner West London, South and East London.

• Rates of adults lacking but wanting paid work vary substantially across London's boroughs from 7% in Kingston to 19% in Westminster.

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Areas with the highest proportions of working-age adults receiving out-of work benefits are concentrated in the Inner East and Outer East & North East of London.

• Every borough except for Kingston and Richmond has at least one ward with an above-average level of benefit recipiency.

• In Hackney, Newham and Islington, the proportion in every ward exceeds the national average.

]]> http://www.londonspovertyprofile.org.uk/indicators/topics/receiving-non-work-benefits/working-age-out-of-work-benefits-by-ward/ http://www.londonspovertyprofile.org.uk/indicators/topics/receiving-non-work-benefits/working-age-out-of-work-benefits-by-ward/ 03 People receiving benefits Barking and Dagenham Brent Croydon Ealing Enfield Greenwich Hackney Haringey Havering Islington Kingston upon Thames Lambeth Lewisham Newham Richmond upon Thames Tower Hamlets Working-age adults brl IL koowb OL pcg Mon, 27 Apr 2009 20:07:35 +0000