Marmot 2020: the worst places for life expectancy in England

Damning new report says increases in expected life spans have stalled over past decade as health cuts take toll

Jaywick, Poverty, Essex, Austerity
Professor Sir Michael Marmot claims poverty “has a grip on our nation’s health”
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Ten years of austerity and cuts to the NHS have caused life expectancy for most people in England to remain static for the first time in more than a century - and even reverse among some of the most deprived, a damning new report warns.

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