Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Hidden pockets of deprivation in London and rural England have been uncovered by new government rankings that ...

Jaywick, near Clacton-on-Sea in Essex, has been named the most deprived neighbourhood in England for the fourth consecutive time since 2010, new data shows. Seven areas in Blackpool are also among the ...

The most deprived places in Wales in 2025 have been listed in new official Welsh Government statistics. The Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation is published once every five years and looks at income, ...

The English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (IoD25), published by the Ministry of Communities and Local Government, is more accurate than former studies because it includes the criteria of housing ...