Poorest Towns in the UK - Newport, Wales
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 22 มิ.ย. 2024
- Why is Newport, Wales so poor? Newport is one of the towns in the UK that people don’t migrate to. The reason? It’s one of the poorest places to live in the United Kingdom. We included it in a video that ranked it along with other poor towns in the country. But time wouldn’t allow us to do justice to that account in the video. Yet, we feel we need to tell you more so that you can be convinced beyond doubt and sentiment that this town in the beautiful and tranquil countryside of Wales is indeed poor. As usual, this video will not cast aspersion on the competence of the governmental authority, it’s only a wake-up call.
But to start with, where’s Newport located? It’s a county borough situated on the River Usk not far from its confluence with the Severn Estuary. The Welsh town is located 19 kilometers northeast of Cardiff. We understand that Newport, the third-largest authority with city status in Wales, was granted that status during the Golden Jubilee celebration of the late Queen. Yet, for the purpose of this video, we would consider this 7th most populous authority overall a town as we have done in our video about the poorest towns in Britain. Kindly bear that in mind as we discuss the place that became a unitary authority in 1996 and which is part of the Cardiff-Newport metropolitan area.
Is Newport Really Poor?
We honestly wouldn’t have considered Newport poor and ranked it anywhere near the poorest towns if we hadn’t heard about its damning position in the most recent Index of Multiple Deprivation in Wales. The report shows that it is now the most deprived area in Wales. The Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation (WIMD), before arriving at this conclusion, measures deprivation levels primarily on income and employment. It also considers domains of health, education, community safety, access to services, living environment and housing.
According to the recent WIMD data, Newport is unfortunately not making enough or considerable progress in its effort to address the deprivation earlier observed in 2011 and 2014. In 2011, as many as 16 areas of this town ranked among the 10 percent most deprived in Wales. By then, it was the fourth most deprived in the country. In 2014, the number remained the same and the ranking soared.
But now, the number of neighborhoods ranked among the most deprived in Wales has grown to 23 which is equal to 24 percent of the authority. And the remainder of the 95 neighborhoods in Newport are at risk of becoming deprived if this trend continues. The current rate is the biggest percentage of any local authority in the country. That explains why the entire area is considered the most deprived.
The Most Deprived Areas of Newport
Yes, we know that not all of the 95 Newport neighborhoods on WIMD records are deprived. But consider what we just said. If 24.2 percent of them are found among the most deprived 10 percent in Wales, and 60 percent of them are in the top 50 percent, doesn’t that hoist a big banner announcing deprivation?
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The council have wasted millions building ridiculous looking buildings instead of restoring the beautiful original buildings they already have...look at the train station...it needs to be torn down and the old beautiful restored station used again...stop the parking fees and stop building malls which are half empty and the high street shops are not being utilised...more green areas...the biggest problem is the place is a rubbish tip...
Some of the footage is outdated like #south wales argus office now doesn't exist and replaced with a Lidl...
The port grew on coal and iron when the docks was developed and Newport became rich. As the steelworks and iron works closed and the coal mines were closed the reason for Newport's growth and industrial existence ceased to exist. I was born there and when I lost my "Job for life" in Llanwern Steelworks I moved away to find work as did most of my friends.
Did Llanwern shut then?
Sounds alot like Detroit..
Best for the future mark cardiff
Newport is what happens when interconnected industries coal/steel/port all withdraw at the same time and no industry comes back to replace them.
Some of your footage IS NOT Newport very misleading,.it’s house prices are high a high number coming from Bristol, it’s no worse than most other city’s it’s not a town since 2002.The internet shopping is mainly the reason most city centres are closing.
This is a lie most of the videos are not from newport many people on the streets are not from newport they come here knowing volunteers and the generous people of newport will not turn anyone away we all donate foods to the people that come far and wide from wales and England we also rehouse them they know newportians are generous people and will go without to take care of them no matter who yuo are or were you come from
Anyone remember the moving clock in the square? Loved that as a child, heard it’s been moved to a roundabout? 😂
Newport itself is not as bad as parts of Birmingham and Bristol I have been to recently, was shocking.
Really
@@jetplane10no
@@TRISTANTHEGAMER no what?
Bristol always was an agro spot... black& white cafe 😄
@@jetplane10 bristol is much better than newport
5:12 that's Newport in Pembrokeshire not Newport in Gwent.
Lived in Newport for 43 years and have watched as it has slowly but surely deteriorated. I believe that its a combination of mis-managed finances, poor management, poor decision making, rent is too high for retailers and the council has increased council tax to compensate. All the big shops and big names have gone to Spytty!
Closed and empty shops, homeless people camping in every empty shop front and 'mish mash' shops at the end selling odds and sods and if you are fortunate enough, you might even be offered 'gear'. Friars Walk is slowly becoming abandoned and the list of shops listed on the wall in two foot high letters have almost all gone! EMPTY SHOPS DON'T PAY RENT!!! LOWER THE RATES TO INCREASE TRADE! Logic!
Cwmbran is a much better alternative to Newport for shopping, leisure and parks.
agreed, cwmbran is a huge upgrade to newport
Is it really one of the poorest places to live in the UK, there is a lot of poverty all over Great Britain, it can’t be that bad as our neighbours across the bridge are moving here from Bristol.
What an utter load of rubbish, I must be poor, own my house , drive a Mercedes and a BMW and lived and worked here for 66 years
Many of the areas you described as being deprived were built to service the people who came to work in the docks and steel industries. Those have largely disappeared and the decent wages( comparatively) have gone and not bee replaced and the knock on effect has been huge.
Simply repeating publicly available data does not constitute good analysis of the situation. No interviews with people to give their take on Newport.
I live in Newport, and am a bit offended. but at least it's informal
I went there today. It was utterly depressing and I shall never go back
You have to pay something for having such beautiful people
Everyone in Gwent is poor these days lol😅 every shop is horrible i stopped shopping their high street full of rubbish corner shop
I left Newport 51 yrs ago,i emigrated to Australia.I come back regularly to see family.I must say it makes me very sad to see that Newport has deteriorated so much.Building houses is ok but you must have infrastructure to go with it.I was in Newport 12 yrs ago and in a shop at John Frost Square they had a model to say this is what Newport will look like in 20 yrs time.I laughed and said it had not changed since I left so it will never change.I was right.Sorry but Newport is a dump!
I left for Australia in 1992
@@jetplane10 I’m in a little place called Toronto on Lake Macquarie
@@lynettemahoney1710 how lovely Lynette. I went to Canada as a child, I lived in Ontario, Kitchener-Waterloo
Toronto is a big city isn't it? Living on a lake must be nice
I just moved to the Gold Coast, Queensland from Western Australia
In the past 30 years here, I went back to Newport twice, it was unchanged for me
All my school friends were still there 🙂
I left in 75 for South Africa. I have been back a few times and witnessed the deterioration. It is now a dump, the town centre gutted by the labour council.
@@desthomas8970 My wife and I are going back on September to see family.what we do now though is to go somewhere else for a month,then to Newport for a week and get home quick.
Why are you showing pictures of Cardiff Castle
It’s Newport mate
I live on Cardiff Bay. We all say Newport's a place you never stop at just a dump you have to drive passed to get to Cardiff
I live here and I kinda know what you mean :/ but atleast sainsburys is still doing good, that is a good thing about Newport :)
The planning department should be sacked..what could have been a quaint thriving harbourside town full of restored characteristic historical buildings is nothing but a drab concrete jungle full of ugly futuristic type buildings which are ugly, empty shops and dont get me started on the tin shed that is the train station that was planned without any thought for passengers..
The fact (according to recent Census 2021) is that Newport has it's population risen by 9.5% which stands for 24 000 of new inhabitants in a decade which is Wales total record! - so this is firdt misstatement in that video which appears straight on beggining.
Later on we can see at least 3 shots from Cardiff.
And according to last ONS stats Newport can not even make competiton with places like Blaenau Gwent, Merthyr Tydfil or Rhyl with level of depravation/
So, despite i don't really live in Newport (but far away in S.West Wales) and do not really like this City tbh I have admit that your footage unfortunately is a load of nonsense
To contradict your report in the 2021 Census, Newport’s population grew, so it can’t be as bad as you say
yes, grew with crackheads & hobo's!
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I went there recently and it was so grim. Just needs sprucing up and reinvigoration of culture and new cultures added, I think. It was awful, really bad
When you arrive at Newport look at the condition of the Civic Centre. Most decision makers are housed here so the condition of the building represents their mindset .(It's never been different) Go to Cardiff and see the difference that progressive politicians can make. Newport has always been run by the same 'old boys and now a few old girls.'
Maggy thatcher that's what 😢
100%
Give us a review about Preston
Preston Isn’t poor. The hinterland is very wealthy. All cities have deprived bits. Preston has a burgeoning tech economy and highly paid aerospace jobs. The North West is like London, huge extremes but there are opportunities.
@@paulwild3676 equally the west of newport is a very different place to the east (which is mostly what you see on here)
@@edmundwalker1597 Of course. All places have their wealthy bits and poor bits.
Living in Newport 2024 is a joke, the cost of living is horrendous with constant price rises but the average wage doesn't cut it for most.....
well your first premise is bollocks. when the bridge tolls were abolished newport was the fastest place to sell property due to an influx from the west of england. but there is no doubt about the city continuing to slide. it has been run by a labour council for 50 years apart from a single 5 year tory /libdem coalition. it has 2 labour mp's. if we were a football team we would have sacked the management a long time ago. but this is a democracy, it allows people to vote over & over the same way expecting somthing to change next time..........what can you do???????
Only because houses are cheaper there because it’s a dump.They probably work in Cardiff so Newports nearer.
I am not born in Newport, I arrived in here in May of 2017 first time in the UK, honestly I seen worse like way worse in my country Romania, but I have to agree that in recent years I saw the city degrading more and more, council tax is ridiculous shops in friars walk that used to be decent are gone, and now it's full of junkies in the city center, full of tents and drunk homeless. Plus they cut down the hours on the street lights you need a lantern to travel on some streets it's like a scene from a horror film in some places, I was thinking to move from Newport to be honest doesn't feel safe anymore rents to high for what it is honestly.
The one thing poorer then the port is this guys pronunciation of Tredegar and Bettws
He is obviously not a local and actually did very well especially with Bettws. I expect you say Bettis. Worry about the state of Newport not the pronunciation of someone trying to do a good job. You are part of the problem. Do something rather than complain about someone highlighting the problems.
The three biggest problems in Newport were the Fouweather brothers and Sheppard. No not a folk-rock band. Thankfully Alderman Fouweather has finally been got rid of and the other one shown up in Court for what he is. Sheppard having been kicked out of Cardiff lingers on for now though.
Hey why u saying that about my city
My hometown. I plan to retired their 🖤🧡
People look so depressed in Newport!
Even the leading councillor's name is 'Mud'....there's just no hope for the 'port
It's right next to Cardiff so it's like Wrexham near Chester, overshadowed by its richer neighbour.
Thanks to Margaret Thatcher.
Poor old newport, nice place to be from
Good
Rubbish newport is not a poor city more and more people are moving to newport from England hence why more and more houses are being built to accommodate them
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affordable homes thats a laugh 😂
Blessed be ❤😂😂x
Cardiff just as bad ,a.nohome
I emigrated to the ☀ not long after brexit. A hunch.
Before I went I visited a few places I either holidayed in Wales (as I loved Tenby etc and the cities), as a child and adult. Worked there too.
Newport was last on my list.
This was about early 2017.
I couldn't believe the dirty place it had become.
Burger King was full of our colonial friends.
That street onward to the police station looked like an area "somewhere else"
An elderly gent saw my face....
"Yes there's a big asylum centre here; and a big narcotics problem nowadays".
Me?
I was glad to get on the train and leave
Pill is the safest place in Newport. Nothing to see here
Welsh Government block the building M4 relief Road which would give better infrastructure and inward investment/jobs. They also run Education and NHS Wales- both worse than in England. Locally the Newport City centre has drastically declined. Despite this, the Labour Party is always elected, so I assume the majority are happy with what we have. Obviously having Welsh road signs and Council correspondence softens the blow!
Also any young person hoping for a good career relocate to Cardiff, Bristol or elsewhere for uni, then never return to the ugly town again.
Tory, much? Little Englander comment.
Nearby Port Talbot is far worse than Newport!
I worked in Llanwern Steel Works 50 years ago with many people who left Port Talbot to work in Llanwern because they thought it had a brighter future with its pipe works. Port Talbot is still there and Llanwern has gone.