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Cash-strapped councils in poorer areas will be hit hardest by coronavirus, study warns

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Councils in hard-up areas are more likely to see increases in demand for their services if poorer families are hit harder by the coronavirus crisis, a report warns today.

More deprived communities have populations likely to be more vulnerable to the health and social impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Institute for Fiscal Studies says.

Rates of mental illness are more than 1.5 times higher in the most deprived tenth than the least deprived tenth, and around twice as high in places such as Manchester and Hackney, London, than in Wokingham, Berks – the least deprived council in England.

Child poverty and housing difficulties are also significantly higher in more deprived parts of England. IFS research economist Kate Ogden said: "Where

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