Poorest areas of England four times as likely to face lockdown as richest – The Guardian

Englands poorest communities are nearly four times as likely to face lockdown restrictions as the wealthiest areas, a Guardian analysis has found, as local leaders warned of a winter of dangerous discontent in the north of England without urgent financial support.
A study of official figures shows a wide disparity in the resurgence of coronavirus across the country, with the most deprived areas bearing the brunt of the second wave.
In Liverpool, almost two-thirds of the areas with the highest …

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