https://www.hastingsinfocus.co.uk/2019/10/14/only-12-other-council-areas-in-england-are-more-deprived-than-hastings-government-figures-reveal/
And so are these
:facepalm:
Hastings and areas like them are never discussed as they are lumped into the rich South East.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-58627335#:~:text=Hastings%20has%20been%20one%20of,fray%2C%20with%20neighbour%20helping%20neighbour.
You speak not out of your mouth
Taking money from the south east. The same south east that includes East Sussex, 12 miles of dual carriage way in the whole county, the most dangerous single lane road (A21) in the UK, the main rail line only single tracked in many areas, the deprived area of Hastings, add to that southern Kent...