‘Why would I leave?’: Middlesbrough pushes back against ‘hardest place to grow up’ label

October 25, 2026 · 9:00 am 1 sources

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• ‘Why would I leave?’: Middlesbrough pushes back against ‘hardest place to grow up’ label
  The Guardian · October 25, 2026 09:00
  Teesside town has come out worst in children’s commissioner’s report, but residents say such rankings are demoralising and counterproductive “It’s disappointing, it’s just another kicking,” said a youth worker after the town in which they work was labelled as the hardest place in which to be a…