Two Liverpool neighbourhoods are among the most deprived in the UK, grim figures reveal.
Newly compiled government data show two neighbourhoods in Anfield rank among the poorest in the nation, while our region as a whole has a large number of the most deprived areas.
Areas in the north dominated the top of the so-called Index of Multiple Deprivation.
The rankings take into account the state of issues like housing, education, environment and crime to determine how deprived an area is.
An area of Tendring in Essex stood at the top - but 18 of the top 20 are in the north.
Liverpool mayor Joe Anderson has previously said the levels of deprivation in some city communities is approaching a critical point.
Earlier this month he said the government's austerity policy was "starving our children".
Mayor Anderson said: "Our city and our people have been bludgeoned by government cuts, it’s perverse that council and selfless volunteers are left to pick up the pieces. But we won’t sit by and watch people go hungry."
Liverpool joins Blackpool, Burnley and Birkenhead in having some of the poorest areas in the nation.
These are the most deprived neighbourhoods in England
1. Tendring 018A, Essex - around St Osyth and Seawick
2. Blackpool 010A - by Central Pier
3. Blackpool 006A - around the promenade near North Pier
4. Blackpool 013B - around Manchester Square and Rigby Road
5. Blackpool 013A - between Waterloo Road and St Chad’s Station
6. Blackpool 013D - near the South Pier
7. Blackpool 010E - around Cookson Street
8. Blackpool 011A - Woolman Road and Clinton Avenue
9. Blackpool 008D - between High Street and Coopers Way
10. Liverpool 019C - around Breck Road
11. Blackpool 006B - around Clevedon Road and Carshalton Road
12. Blackpool 013C - north of Waterloo Road to Rigby Road
13. Liverpool 018B - between the B5342 and Anfield Road
14. Tendring 016B - Clacton-on-Sea
15. Burnley 007C - between Belvedere Road and Church Street
16. Blackpool 008B - around Fisher Street
17. Burnley 010E - around Tay Street and Howard Street
18. Liverpool 012A - Winslow Street to Amot Street
19 Wirral 011C - around Corporation Road in North Birkenhead
20. Blackpool 010B - around Peter Street
The Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) is the official measure of relative deprivation in England. It broadly defines deprivation to cover a wide range of an individual’s living conditions (it involves 29 separate indicators across seven categories).
