The health gap between rich and poor widened last year, according to an expert who said England was “failing our children on a grand scale”.
In three quarters of local authorities, life expectancy for the richest grew much faster than for the poorest, according to an authoritative analysis which will put pressure on the Government to take stronger action.
Professor Sir Michael Marmot said he was “deeply concerned” about funding cuts which threatened attempts to reduce deprivation in early childhood, which he said was a key driver of health inequality in later life.
“We’re failing our children on a grand scale and it matters to their health, it matters to their wellbeing, it matters to our productivity and it matters to the sort of society