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London's children are more likely to live in poor households than children in the rest of England.

Poor children in London are less likely to be able to afford everyday items than those elsewhere in the country.

Educational attainment in London is improving faster than elsewhere in England.

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London overall has a 'younger' population than the national average.

• There is a smaller proportion of older people than in the rest of England, especially in Inner London.

• There are proportionally more 25-34 year olds in London than in the rest of the country.

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The population of the Inner West of London has been growing faster than other parts of the capital.

• There are far fewer over 60s in the Inner East & South than in the Outer South of London.

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Nine of the ten boroughs with the highest proportion of full or overfull primary schools are in Outer London.

• 35% of boroughs in Outer London are full or already overfull.

• Six boroughs have 40% of primary schools with no spare places.

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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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Overall, children in Inner London are more likely to attain a low development score at 5 years old than children in Outer London or the rest of England.

• However, poor children in London do better on this assessment than poor children in the rest of England.

• Boys are much more likely than girls to attain a low development score.

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Children in London have more missing, decayed or filled teeth at age 5 than children in the rest of England.

• Children aged 5 in Brent have, on average, over 5 missing decayed or filled teeth.

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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.

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Children in low-income families in London are more likely to lack everyday items than poor children in the rest of England.

In London, six out of nine everyday items are unaffordable to at least 20% of children, compared to three items in the rest of England.

Irrespective of income, it is more difficult in London to find accommodation that is big enough to match a family's needs.

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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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Over half of working-age adults and children in poverty in London live in a household where someone is in paid work.

• One million people live in low-income working households in London.

• The rise in in-work poverty particularly affects families where at least one adult works part-time.

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London still has the highest rates of child, working-age and pensioner poverty of any English region.

• Child poverty has come down slightly in recent years but remains very high - at 38% of London's children.

• Working-age poverty has risen throughout the country, but Outer London has seen a bigger rise than anywhere, from 20% to 24%.

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The proportion of 16 year olds not getting 5 GCSEs at A*-C is lower in London than the England average

• The proportion of 16-year-olds getting fewer than five A*-C GCSEs has decreased in all London boroughs since 2007.

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A far higher proportion of children in Inner London live in workless households than anywhere else in England.

• Outer London is unusual in that there was no decline in the proportion of children in workless households in the ten years from the late 1990s.

• The overall proportion of children in workless households in London is about 24% for the years 2006 to 2008, although for the most recent year the figure is closer to 22%.

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