This package returns indices of deprivation data from OpenDataCommunities, when supplied with a dataframe containing a list of postcodes.
To install to R, first ensure you have the devtools package installed, then type into your R console:
devtools::install_github("northernjamie/imdr")
You can then use the command imd_lookup(name of dataframe,column with postcodes) to create a new dataframe with indices of deprivation in
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