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‘Why would I leave?’: Middlesbrough pushes back against ‘hardest place to grow up’ label

‘Why would I leave?’: Middlesbrough pushes back against ‘hardest place to grow up’ label

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Teesside town has come out worst in children’s commissioner’s report, but residents say such rankings are demoralising and counterproductive“It’s disappointing, it’s just another kicking,” said a youth worker after the town in which they work was labelled as the hardest place in which to be a child in England.“It suggests our children are living unhappy lives,” said a teacher, who described her pupils as joyful. Continue reading…

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