The findings are revealed in A more equal society?, a study published last week by the London School of Economics, with support from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, which evaluates the progress made by the Labour Government since 1997 in tackling poverty, inequality and social exclusion.
The study shows the number of nursery places in the 30 most affluent local authority areas has risen by 95 per cent since 1997, compared with only 63 per cent in the 30 most deprived areas.
The report also says that although more families overall were using registered childcare in 2001, the use of formal childcare did not increase in the 20 per cent most disadvantaged wards, and in fact dropped slightly in these areas.
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