London is by far the richest part of Britain and the engine of the national economy. Yet it also has the highest poverty rates. Although the poorest places in the capital are still in the eastern part of the city, there has been a significant increase of deprivation in the outer London boroughs. Poverty has gone down in the center of London while it has increased in the suburbs.
This reflects what’s happening in major US cities, where a Brookings Institute report found suburbs were home to the largest and fastest-growing poor population in the country (source).
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