Ever went hungry - Welcome to Manchester

[Political Lurker]

Was just listening to BBC radio.... People were phoning in saying they had no food to eat. Im on a diet at the minute trying to lose a few pounds - But I can't imagine what it must be like for people who are hungry but not on a diet??
The word - Dick·en·si·an was used quite a few times - It really did sound like something from another age.. :-(

Have you ever went hungry on bad times?

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Manchester: some of UK's poorest areas

Manchester's poorest areas
Within a four-mile radius of the Labour Party conference in Manchester there are over 50,000 people living in some of the most deprived areas in the country. So what's the scale of child poverty where you live?
For many people in Manchester, life is a constant financial struggle. And statistics show that the level of deprivation in some Manchester neighbourhoods is worse than almost anywhere else in the UK.

In some areas, 99% of children live in poverty

For instance, in parts of Bradford, Harpurhey and Hulme, 99% of children are officially 'income deprived.' (see definition below)
According to a 2004 survey, 27 of Manchester’s 33 wards are among the most deprived 10% of wards nationally, with one neighbourhood in the Harpurhey ward considered to be the second poorest in the country.
Child poverty: by area
The figures below reveal the 20 neighbourhoods in Greater Manchester where child poverty is at its highest and the ward that they are in:
Ward Council % children in poverty
Bradford Manchester 99
Harpurhey Manchester 99
Hulme Manchester 99
Ardwick Manchester 98
Langworthy Salford 98
Central and Falinge Rochdale 97
Cheetham Manchester 90
Blackley Manchester 89
Beswick and Clayton Manchester 85
Gorton South Manchester 85
Lightbowne Manchester 85
Charlestown Manchester 84
Blackfriars Salford 83
Pendleton Salford 82
Moss Side Manchester 80
Coldhurst Oldham 80
Ardwick Manchester 79
Langworthy Salford 79
Ordsall Salford 79
Pendleton Salford 79
NB. Figures taken from the Department for Communities and Local Government's Indices of Deprivation Affecting Children 2007.
The figure represents the percentage of children living in families that are income deprived ie. in receipt of Income Support, Income based Jobseeker's Allowance, Working Families' Tax Credit or Disabled Person's Tax Credit below a given threshold
http://www.bbc.co.uk/manchester/content/articles/2008/09/18/220908_child_poverty_neighbourhoods_feature.shtml
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