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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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Over the last decade, the rate of poverty in London has remained fairly static at 28% after housing costs (AHC) and 17% before housing costs (BHC). On the BHC measure, there is no difference between London and the rest of England. On the AHC measure, the difference is large and growing.

• Since the last report, and therefore during the recession, child poverty fell in London, but poverty among working-age adults rose. Pensioner poverty remained static.

• Poverty among children and pensioners has fallen in Inner and Outer London over the last decade. 38% of children in London are in poverty now compared to 41% at the end of the 1990s. The comparable figures for pensioners are 21% and 31%.

• Among working-age adults poverty has risen, as it has in the rest of the country. 26% of working-age adults in London are in poverty, compared to 24% a decade ago. While the level in Outer London is lower, the total rise in the capital is attributable to this region.

• 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 (330,000 children and 680,000 working-age adults) live in low-income working households.

• Within London, child poverty is much higher among the Inner London boroughs. The rate of child poverty in Tower Hamlets is five times that of Richmond.

• Poor children in London are more likely to lack everyday items than poor children outside London. This means that not only are more children in London poor, but their experience of living in poverty is harsher.
  

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In the three years to 2010, the proportion of London's population in poverty was almost identical to that ten years earlier.

• The difference in poverty measured before and after housing costs is much greater in London than in other regions.

• Measuring poverty before housing costs distorts the picture for London.

• Apart from this section, all measures of low income on this website are on an 'after housing costs' basis.

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