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London's Poverty Profile 2011 launched
A new London’s Poverty Profile report was published in October. It updates a wide range of indicators on housing, work, health and income poverty to assess what has changed since the first report in 2009 and over the last decade. There is a new section on services including GPs, primary schools and transport. All the data and analysis are available on the London’s Poverty Profile website.
The launch was chaired by Channel 4 News Social Affairs editor, Jackie Long, and featured a debate between the Directors of IPPR and Policy Exchange on the relationship between poverty and the summer riots.
London's Poverty Profile is commissioned by Trust for London and produced by New Policy Institute.
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Is London the hardest region for poor children?
London's Poverty Profile 2011 found that, for all age groups, poverty is still higher in London than elsewhere; but the gap is greatest for children - 38 per cent of whom are in low-income households, compared to 30 per cent in the rest of England. Eight of the ten English authorities with the highest rates of child poverty are in London.
Poverty is also a harsher experience for children in the capital, with more going without everyday items, such as having friends over for tea, leisure activities and a school trip at least once a term. Young adults in London are also being hit hard. Their unemployment rate (23 per cent) is higher than the rest of England (19 per cent) and is increasing.
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Housing costs risk piling pressure on Outer London services
London's Poverty Profile 2011 warns that, as Inner London becomes less affordable, services in Outer London may come under increasing pressure.
Housing benefit changes mean that parts of Inner London may become unaffordable for low-income families renting privately. London's Poverty Profile estimates that 104,000 households across the capital will be affected, with even families in one or two-bedroom properties losing up to £150 a month.
One effect of this could be that people move to Outer London, where there are often lower levels of public services per head. For example 35% of Outer London primary schools are already full or overcrowded, compared with 19% in Inner London. There are twice as many people per GP in Bexley and Redbridge than in Hackney and Lambeth.
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LSE to monitor poverty and inequality under the Coalition
The Trust, in partnership with Joseph Rowntree Foundation and Nuffield Foundation, has publicly launched a major new research programme on the impact of the recession, spending changes and the government’s social policy reforms on inequality and poverty in the UK. The research will be carried out by the Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion at the London School of Economics over the period leading up to the next scheduled general election in May 2015. Trust for London is also funding a parallel study to examine how London compares with the rest of the UK and at changing patterns within the capital, which will include case studies in three boroughs.
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Strategic Legal Fund launches
A new pilot project has been launched to support strategic legal work. The Strategic Legal Fund for Refugee Children and Young People (SLF) will fund interventions and pre-litigation legal research for cases that will benefit asylum-seeking and refugee children and young people. It will accept applications from not-for-profit organisations that provide specialist level legal advice to refugee and asylum-seeking children and young people, and firms of solicitors that have relevant legal aid contracts.
The SLF is open until 9 July 2012. It is funded by The Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund and delivered in partnership with Trust for London. The day-to-day management of the fund is carried out by MigrationWork CIC.
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The FGM Initiative – Interim Evaluation Report published
Good progress has been made on tackling Female Genital Mutilation within affected communities, particularly with building relationships with religious leaders to highlight that FGM is neither necessary nor desirable according to religious principles. The 14 groups funded through this joint initiative between the Trust, Esmee Fairbairn Foundation and Rosa, the UK Fund for Women and Girls, have also organised a large number of workshops, strengthened networks and developed effective ways of conducting grass-roots community-based prevention work. However, there are still many challenges in achieving the goal of eliminating this practice, not least the lack of a prosecution on FGM in the UK.
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Refugees, Migrants and the equality agenda
Equality and Diversity Forum has produced three useful publications relating to the Equality Act 2010
Who’s Still Missing? Refugees, migrants and the equality agenda by Dr Phil McCarvill
Refugees, migrants and the Equality Act 2010. A briefing for public
authorities, written by Barbara Cohen for EDF
Refugees, migrants and the Equality Act 2010. A briefing for refugee and
migrant community organisations, written by Refugees in Effective and Active Partnership (REAP) for EDF
More information from Equality and Diversity Forum’s website.
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