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(38,893 posts) Wed Feb 20, 2013, 05:09 AM Feb 2013

Child poverty map of the UK, 2012

Ben Phillips ‏@benphillips76

Look at the shameful #childpoverty map of the UK http://gu.com/p/3ev4v/tf - Why don't we charge banks a @robinhood tax to pay to tackle it?
Retweeted by Jeff K.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/interactive/2013/feb/20/child-poverty-uk-map-2012?CMP=twt_fd

Which parts of the country have the worst child poverty? The latest estimates show a country of huge variations. This map shows those estimates by parliamentary constituency. Click on a constituency to explore the data, and use the drop down menu to see which party controls that parliamentary seat. Search for a place in the box below and hit 'share view' to share map on Twitter and Facebook

(Posting because the UK, along with Canada and the US, is an economy driven by the very rich, to monitor the results of this sort of thing.)

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