The cost of inequality – putting a price on health

A new CSFI report entitled “The ‘Cost of Inequality’, exposes the gaps in life expectancy, health and economic opportunity between the richest and poorest parts of England. Professor Les Mayhew argues that the key to ‘levelling up’ is to improve health and to link that to increasing economic activity in deprived areas. This means that policies designed to improve health need to be combined with initiatives to raise skill levels and target local investment.

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