Jaywick’s continued decline and intensifying London poverty tell same story of ‘broken’ Britain

Latest deprivation index shows how geography and housing costs shape inequality more than policy ever hasAlmost all children in 73 areas of England live in low-income householdsIt’s Jaywick again. For the fourth time in a row the tiny, apparently unprepossessing seaside village overlooking the north sea just down the coast from Clacton in Essex has reluctantly claimed the unenviable title of England’s most deprived neighbourhood.Top of the indices of multiple deprivation since 2010, Jaywick Sands, once a popular holiday destination for working-class Londoners, has become a emblem of “broken” Britain, an exemplar of economic neglect, austerity and social breakdown, compounded by geographic isolation. Continue reading…