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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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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.

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The level of childcare provision in London is lower than the England average.

• There are on average more children per childcare place in Inner London than Outer
  London.

• There is significant variation in childcare availability per borough.

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In seven boroughs, at least a third of 5 year olds got a low score in the school readiness assessment.

• There are very big differences between boroughs: four times as many 5 year olds attained a low development score in Brent as in Richmond.

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Most boroughs have a mix of low-income and high-income households.

Newham and Barking & Dagenham have a lot of low-income households and very few high-income households.

Richmond, the City of London, Kensington & Chelsea have a lot of high-income households and very few low-income households.

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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.

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Mortgage repossessions fell in every borough in 2010.

• Within London, Newham has the highest rate of mortgage repossession orders.

• The rate in Newham is about 10 times higher than in Richmond.

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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.

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The three boroughs with the highest under age conception rates are clustered together in the inner South of the capital. While these boroughs also have above average proportions of infant deaths before the age of 12 months, they are not the highest.

• Conception rates for girls under 16 vary across London, from about 20 per 1,000 in Lambeth to about four per 1,000 in Richmond.

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The proportion of households in temporary accommodation has come down almost everywhere in London.

• The differences between boroughs are huge. In Merton, around 1 household per 1,000 is in temporary accommodation. In Newham, it is 42.

• The rate of temporary accommodation has fallen faster in Inner London than Outer London, although the rate remains higher.

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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 four boroughs with the highest proportion of working-age adults reporting a long-standing illness, according to the 2001 Census, were all located in the east of London: Islington, Hackney, Newham and Barking & Dagenham.

In 2008, these four boroughs had the highest proportion of working-age adults receiving Incapacity Benefit.

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Infant mortality in London is very similar to the rest of England.

All the Inner West boroughs have below average rates of infant deaths for London. Nine of the boroughs with above average rates are in Outer London.

Babies born in Southwark, Croydon, Haringey and Harrow are twice as likely to die before their first birthday as those born in Bromley, Kingston and 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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Haringey is the most divided borough in London. Of its 19 wards, four are in the richest 10% and five are in the poorest 10%.

• Newham and Barking & Dagenham both have many of the poorest wards in London and none of the richest.

• Richmond has 13 of the richest wards but not a single ward in the bottom 10%.

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