The Poorest Town In Britain: We Live On Nothing And Were Just Surviving

Its a weekday morning on Grimsbys East Marsh estate where residents are beginning their day in the poorest part of the nation. Of course, thats not to say everyone here is living on the poverty line but the data is striking. The average annual income for an entire household here sits at just 22, 000 a year. Thats over 10, 000 less than the UK national average and almost a staggering 86, 000 below Londons affluent Clapham area which has the highest in the country at just above 108, 000. For hundreds of years this port town in North East Lincolnshire on the River Humber estuary punched well above its weight. Its fishing industry became known around the world and at one point the town became the largest and busiest fishing port on earth. But after the industry started falling poverty came next. And with the fish gone the town changed with Job losses, low wages and a lack of infrastructure. Today average annual household incomes in the tow