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<p>To ensure the UK Community Renewal Fund funding reaches the most in need, we have
identified 100 priority places based on an index of economic resilience across Great
Britain which measures productivity, household income, unemployment, skills and population
density.</p><p>We are committed to transparency and a methodological note explaining
how the 100 priority places were determined has been published: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fuk-community-renewal-fund-prospectus%2Fuk-community-renewal-fund-prioritisation-of-places-methodology-note&data=04%7C01%7CParliamentary%40communities.gov.uk%7C05c0fdb70eec427436f808d8ea23dcb1%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637516787027576141%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=LYaljHwmckHvCRXtr6RL4TRZqG4hLv%2FVAQI0Hi62IJw%3D&reserved=0"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-community-renewal-fund-prospectus/uk-community-renewal-fund-prioritisation-of-places-methodology-note</a>.</p><p>The
Indices of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) does not represent a ‘one size fits all’ solution
to measuring economic need - not all of the variables it considers are relevant to
the particular interventions we want to support through the UK Community Renewal Fund,
and some of the variables it does not consider, such as productivity, are central
to the policy goals of the Fund.</p><p> </p>
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