1/ The poor during lockdown;
In poorer, working class towns, the majority of jobs, when there are any, are in supermarkets and the care (mainly elderly) industry. This makes them “key workers”.
2/ It’s then of no surprise that poor schools, in poor areas are dealing with large amounts of “key worker” children
One local school has 150 “key worker” children, which, by the headmaster’s own admission, makes closing the schools utterly pointless and “defeats the object”
3/ Any other children in the local area are, more likely than not, the children of the unemployed.
In towns like Camborne, Pool, and Redruth, where house prices are extortionate, wages incredibly low, compared to the rest of the UK,
4/ Water rates and Council Tax higher than anywhere else in the UK outside of London*for decades, having a baby and getting a council property has been a career choice, as opposed to something to fall back on in a time of desperation.
5/In towns Like Camborne, there is little opportunity. There are few Doctors, Architects, Brain Surgeons, entrepreneurs, Solicitors, and various other successful people to inspire the next generation. Because, of course, people earning that sort of money,