postcode
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Likewise, organisations working in the sector have welcomed promises of multi-year funding and an end to a postcode lottery of provision - although they await the details.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
Last month, Burnham promised to give all mayors a share of income tax revenue, saying he wanted to "bring power home" to "every postcode".
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026
Co-author Maxime Perrott, now a researcher at the Education Policy Unit, said more up-to-date research, external showed the application process for deferrals was made harder due to a "postcode lottery".
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026
"Treatment for FND can be a postcode lottery," she said.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
On Yahoo’s front page there are news stories, tailored to your postcode or whatever—God only knows how they know my postcode, but they do.
From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins
But the judge demanded to know the postcodes where Bush had conducted funerals and explored whether jurors could be brought in by coach from outlying areas.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026
Prepayment meter users pay £129 more a year than those on competitive fixed direct debit tariffs, while drivers living in deprived postcodes faced an average of £153 extra on their motor insurance.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
Neither of Scotland's two BBC matches - against Haiti and Brazil - made the top five most-watched group-stage games among English postcodes.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
Hot spot areas include Birmingham, which has five out of the top 15 postcodes in the UK for accidents involving uninsured drivers.
From BBC ● Apr. 17, 2026
The men used Google to search affluent postcodes to identify potential targets, according to police, before looking up floor plans on Rightmove.
From BBC ● Apr. 14, 2026
