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In what moral universe can this be the right thing to do: the lower the life expectancy of a local area in 2010-12, the greater the cuts to government funding in the subsequent years. Was this a deliberate policy to increase health inequalities?

New The Sir Michael Marmot Institute of Health Equity analysis: local authority council tax rises hit those in need the hardest, increasing council taxes on back of steep central govt funding reductions, highest in LA's with lower life expectancy & more health inequalities @MichaeMarmot @UCL bit.ly/LEGAP

Three areas in England, all in the North, experienced more than double the average Deaths of Despair – Blackpool (83.8 in 100,000 deaths), Middlesbrough (71.6 per 100,000 deaths) and Hartlepool (70.5 per 100,000 deaths) our Health Equity North report shows healthequitynorth.co.uk/living-in-the-…

Great to see this paper out there, massive well done to Kate Bernard for some excellent participatory work with communities in the North and South.

👏"we have laid at the door of immigrants the consequences of an entire economic model that has defunded the state and privileged big businesses and private capital, and concentrated asset accumulation in the south of the country with no foresight or plan" theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

"The public are demanding the redistribution of resources into their everyday lives – and they want it now. The government should stop talking about GDP and start to listen"