Blackburn with Darwen and Blackpool are among the top 30 areas of deprivation, according to a new report. More than a million children in the UK experienced the most extreme form of poverty last year, as well as almost four million people.
JRF have created a table of the top 30 local authorities with the highest rates of destitution in the country.In Lancashire, Blackburn with Darwen is number 21 on the table, whilst Blackpool is bottom of the list at 30. Destitution is defined by the organisation as "when someone cannot afford what they need to meet their most basic physical needs to stay warm, dry, clean and fed". The rise has been put down to a combination of factors, namely very low incomes, rising cost of living and high levels of debt.
Charities are more often than not left to plug gaps for people in desperate situations, the report said. It stated: “The shocking statistics revealed in this report reflect a social security system now so full of holes that it falls to charities – such as food banks – to try to prevent people from experiencing the worst of destitution, but the task is too great for them. What is more, relying on charity to fulfil what should be the responsibility of the Government is morally unacceptable.
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