Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Hidden pockets of deprivation in London and rural England have been uncovered by new government rankings that ...

The UK in June 2015 had 24.3 million fixed line broadband subscribers, an 81.9 per cent premises penetration, in residential and business sites, reports Point Topic. 37.9 per cent of the lines were ...

Journal of Public Health, Vol. 31, No. 1 (March 2009), pp. 147-153 (7 pages) Background Although the association between poor health and deprivation is well-founded, a 'Scottish effect' has been ...

An analysis of suicide rates in England has shown how factors like deprivation and transport density are linked to regional increases in suicide risk. The first of its kind study, led by researchers ...

A leafy neighbourhood has been singled out as one of the best places to live in the UK based on seven key factors. Fleet, a ...

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is undoubtedly a disease of minorities and underprivileged people, judging from the disproportionately high rates of cases and deaths in this population. A new ...

A large proportion of dementia deaths in England and Wales may be due to socioeconomic deprivation, according to new research led by Queen Mary University of London. The team also found that ...

Deprivation is higher in Northern Ireland than in regions of England, and in Scotland and Wales, research by Queen’s University Belfast has found. Researchers compared census data on deprivation by ...

Towns and cities in England have been ranked in a new national deprivation list. Birmingham is now the second 'poorest' local authority area in England, with poverty rates having worsened over the ...

Evangelos Kontopantelis, Mamas A Mamas, Harm van Marwijk, Andrew M Ryan, Iain E Buchan, Darren M Ashcroft and Tim Doran Background Socioeconomic deprivation is a key determinant for health. In England ...