Overview
- The MHCLG’s 2025 data names the Jaywick Brooklands estate and Jaywick Sands promenade as England’s most deprived neighbourhood for a fourth published cycle.
- Tendring District Council says the figures do not capture recent progress and is requesting £100 million for flood protection plus a cross-departmental taskforce.
- Clacton MP Nigel Farage says he is sad about the findings and voices concern that potential gambling reforms in the next budget could affect slot machines and pier amusement arcades.
- Blackpool accounts for seven of the top 10 most deprived neighbourhoods, with new entries from Hastings and Rotherham.
- MHCLG identifies Middlesbrough, Birmingham, Hartlepool, Kingston-upon-Hull and Manchester as having the highest proportions of deprived areas, and highlights severe child and older-person income deprivation in several London boroughs including Tower Hamlets and Hackney.