Fed up of being put down, fighting for better times - the people who've just been told they're among the country's 'most left behind'

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Sign up for the free MyBolton newsletter to get the top stories direct to your inbox High on a hill on the outskirts of Bolton, a group of young men loiter idly outside a row of shops.

One rolls a joint and takes a drag before passing it around his pals. As they recline on the walls of the steps up to the shopping parade, the group laugh and joke in the afternoon sun.

It's a familiar scene here on Breightmet's Top o' th' Brow estate, home to a proud working class community and, according to a new report, one of England's most 'left behind neighbourhoods'. READ MORE: Why closing Greater Manchester’s own north-south divide is rising up the political agenda A recent study highlighted Breightmet as one of four areas with especially low