As inequality rises, life expectancy falls
The pandemic is only part of the story behind the drop in the average age that Britons can expect to…
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Long and healthy lives will be the ultimate indicator of levelling up
We can’t claim to be focused on tackling regional inequalities if gaps in life expectancy are widening.
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The Research Brief: health inequalities linked to over a million early deaths
Your weekly dose of policy thinking.
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Exclusive: Half of Conservative councillors think the NHS has worsened since 2010
Forty-eight per cent of Tory local leaders say health services have deteriorated since their party came to power.
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Joan Bakewell: “I can live with death – how odd”
As the broadcaster approaches 90, she reflects on her mother, the media and “her version” of her affair with Harold…
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Joan Bakewell’s Diary: living with cancer, and the age of the grandparent
Medical progress is making us live longer – and grannies like me are being turned to for free childcare.
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Do you want to live forever?
Anti-ageing drugs are bankrolled by some of the wealthiest people on Earth, including Jeff Bezos and Peter Thiel. Are the…
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Why are Americans dying so early?
Captains of Silicon Valley may be investing in ways to live forever, but life expectancy for ordinary people in the…
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We are living longer than our predecessors – policy must catch up
Why the government must fundamentally rethink its vision for our ageing society.
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How deprivation fuels the life expectancy gap
Those living in England’s most deprived areas live almost a decade less than those in the least deprived.
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Technology can play a key role in supporting the health needs of older people.
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