Increasing numbers of people are poor and in ill health, despite more finding work, according to new research.
Professor Sir Michael Marmot warned that people living in “leafy, middle areas” were not immune to health problems caused by inequalities in society.
His latest study found people living in parts of the country somewhere in the middle in terms of affluence were doing less well than those in some deprived areas.
The Marmot Indicators, published by the UCL Institute of Health Equity, measure inequalities in health and life expectancy in every local authority in England.
The number of households unable to afford an acceptable standard of living rose from just under a fifth in 2008-09 to nearly a quarter in 2012-13. There was also an increase