Takeaways in poor parts of England more likely to fail on hygiene

Takeaway fish and chips. Businesses in richer areas were much less likely to fall below hygiene standards. Photograph: Groomee/Getty Images

Takeaways in poorer parts of England are twice as likely to need improvement in food hygiene as those in wealthier areas, with as many as one in five in some parts of the UK falling below required standards, according to Guardian analysis.

Almost one in 10 takeaways in England’s poorest neighbourhoods did not satisfactorily comply with food hygiene standards, compared with just one in 24 in the richest, according to an analysis of almost 600,000 inspection reports at the beginning of December, 64,000 of them takeaways.