Middlesbrough has the greatest proportion of “highly deprived” neighbourhoods out of all local authorities in England. In a 2025 measure, 50% of Middlesbrough ’s neighbourhoods have been recorded as ...

A Middlesbrough ward has the highest levels of child poverty in the entire country, new figures show. Newport ward sees 85% of its children living in poverty, figures from the Department of Work and ...

A government minister has said tackling child poverty is a "huge challenge" while visiting one of the country's most deprived areas. Education Minister Catherine McKinnell visited a gymnastics academy ...

The cobbled streets of Newport in Middlesbrough survive from the Victorian era. The staggering levels of child poverty here also feel like they belong in a different time. Six out of every seven ...

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