Poverty spreads to outer reaches of London

More people live in poverty in outer London than in inner London, new research has found. The study found that 54 per cent of Londoners with low incomes live in outer London, up from half 10 years ago – and more children were affected by poverty in outer (380,000) than inner London (270,000). Overall, London had the highest proportion of people living below the poverty line, and was found to be the least equal region with more people with an income in either the top or bottom 10 per cent nationally than anywhere else in the country.