{"id":14484,"date":"2017-11-28T21:04:20","date_gmt":"2017-11-28T21:04:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bcpdt.org.uk\/news\/?p=14484"},"modified":"2023-05-30T23:58:48","modified_gmt":"2023-05-30T22:58:48","slug":"disadvantaged-children-face-worse-outcomes-in-some-rich-areas-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bcpdt.org.uk\/news\/2017\/11\/28\/disadvantaged-children-face-worse-outcomes-in-some-rich-areas-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Disadvantaged children face worse outcomes in some rich areas \u2013 report"},"content":{"rendered":"

Britain is in a \u2018spiral of ever-growing division\u2019 with rural and coastal regions being left behind, warns social mobility tsar.<\/p>\n

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\"PoweredThis article titled “Disadvantaged children face worse outcomes in some rich areas \u2013 report” was written by Anushka Asthana Political editor, for The Guardian on Tuesday 28th November 2017 19.31 UTC<\/a><\/p>\n

Children from deprived backgrounds face the worst prospects in some of the richest parts of the country, according to a damning new study that lays bare deep geographical divisions across Britain.<\/p>\n

An annual report by the government\u2019s own social mobility watchdog warns that while London and its suburbs are pulling away, rural, coastal and former industrial areas are being left behind.<\/p>\n

Alan Milburn<\/a>, chair of the Social Mobility Commission<\/a>, highlighted how the Brexit vote made the geographical divisions clear, but said the monumental task of leaving the EU had left the government with little capacity to tackle the underlying causes.<\/p>\n

Launching the report on Tuesday, Milburn said that while he thought Brexit was a mistake its causes were rational. \u201cWhat this report shows is that the causes of Brexit are real. People are concerned for a reason, they do feel that they are being left behind, they do feel that they are being ignored, they are resentful of the outside, whatever form that takes.\u201d<\/p>\n

The State of the Nation report finds that some of the wealthiest areas in England \u2013 including west Berkshire, the Cotswolds and Crawley, deliver worse outcomes for their disadvantaged children than places that are much poorer, such as Sunderland and Tower Hamlets. <\/p>\n

Writing in the Guardian<\/a>, Milburn warned of a country \u201cin the grip of a self-reinforcing spiral of ever-growing division\u201d, where children are plunged into a postcode lottery from birth.<\/p>\n

\u201cLondon and its hinterland are increasingly looking like a different country from the rest of Britain. It is moving ahead, as are many of our country\u2019s great cities. But too many rural and coastal areas and the towns of Britain\u2019s old industrial heartlands are being left behind economically, and hollowed out socially,\u201d he added, saying that \u201ctinkering around the edges\u201d would not do. <\/p>\n

The report also finds that the north is underfunded by \u00a36bn a year compared with the capital, but says the research also \u201cdebunks the assumption that a simple north-south divide exists\u201d. <\/p>\n