Nigel Farage ‘sad’ as Clacton space stays most disadvantaged neighbourhood | EUROtoday

Nigel Farage has expressed his unhappiness after a group in his constituency was as soon as once more named England’s most disadvantaged neighbourhood, describing elements of it as “very depressed”.

The newest official information confirms that an space of the coastal village of Jaywick, close to Clacton-on-Sea within the Tendring native authority of Essex, has been classed essentially the most disadvantaged for the fourth consecutive time.

Areas of Blackpool once more make up many of the remaining high ten, alongside new appearances for neighbourhoods in Hastings and Rotherham.

These findings, detailing relative ranges of deprivation throughout England’s neighbourhoods in 2025, had been revealed on Thursday by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG).

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Jaywick had topped the record within the three earlier publications in 2019, 2015 and 2010.

The space specified takes within the Brooklands property and the Jaywick Sands promenade.

Mr Farage, who was elected MP for Clacton in July 2024, informed the PA information company he was “obviously sad that things aren’t improving more quickly” and whereas he felt he had helped with funding and tourism for the realm, “there’s a limit to what one person can do”.

He expressed concern about potential playing reforms showing in subsequent month’s finances, which he stated may have an effect on slot machines and pier amusement arcades.

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has been urged by anti-poverty campaigners and a few Labour MPs to lift taxes on playing corporations, to cowl the price of lifting the two-child profit cap.

Mr Farage added: “I’m worried with the budget coming up that the situation might get worse.”

Describing elements of Jaywick as “very depressed”, he stated: “Everybody just feels very, very burdened these days.”

Jaywick obtained worldwide protection in 2018 after it was utilized in a US election marketing campaign advert, with a bleak image of the realm, displaying unpaved roads and dilapidated houses, to warn voters concerning the penalties of not backing Donald Trump forward of midterm elections within the US.

The newest information highlights “the scale of the challenge” however doesn’t “reflect the progress made since 2019 or the strength of the people who call Jaywick Sands home”, based on a press release on the Tendring District Council web site.

Council chief Mark Stephenson stated: “Jaywick Sands is a truly special place, full of heart, pride and real community spirit.

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“Together with local residents, we’ve made real progress and have a bold plan to go even further. But we cannot do this alone, we need Government to do its part.

“We’re calling for £100 million of national flood funding to be allocated to Jaywick Sands, and for a cross-departmental taskforce to help resolve the policy barriers that hold our community back.

“Jaywick Sands deserves a future that matches its spirit and we’re ready to work with residents, national government and the new Essex mayor from 2026, to make that happen.”

MHCLG stated Middlesbrough, Birmingham, Hartlepool, Kingston-upon-Hull and Manchester are the native authority districts with the very best proportions of neighbourhoods among the many most disadvantaged in England.

The London boroughs of Tower Hamlets and Hackney had been essentially the most disadvantaged when it comes to earnings deprivation affecting youngsters.

Both boroughs, and three different London boroughs, Newham, Islington and Southwark, ranked as essentially the most disadvantaged relating to earnings deprivation affecting older folks, the division stated.