Governments tend to target resources where the concentration of deprivation seems greatest. A report by the Local Government Association in July 2003 observed that the 88 districts eligible for Neighbourhood Renewal Fund grants cover 82 per cent of the most deprived wards in England. But as that same report, Tackling Pockets of Deprivation, pointedly stated, that means 18 per cent of the country's most deprived wards are in districts that have no access to dedicated funding for tackling deprivation. There are also smaller areas of deprivation - covering a few roads - located in otherwise affluent wards. That means a lot of young people are growing up where conditions are bad, but where there is no money earmarked for making improvements.
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