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FIGURES showing that women in England’s poorest areas die younger than others in comparable countries are a “shaming indictment of a Tory government that lacks a moral compass,” Labour’s left charged today.
Millions of women living in the most deprived locations can expect to live an average of 78.7 years — almost eight years fewer than those in the wealthiest parts, according to independent charity the Health Foundation.
That figure is worse than the average life expectancy for women in nearly all 38 of the richer nations in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation & Development (OECD), Mexico being the only exception at an average 77.9 years.
If we can tackle the big issues, like delivering decent public services and affordable state-built and owned housing by making the richest pay a fair amount of tax, Labour can win back the trust and support of the electorate, argues ANDY McDONALD MP
We cannot refuse to abolish the unjustifiable two-child benefit cap that pushes children into poverty while finding billions of pounds for defence spending — the membership and the public expect better from Labour, writes JON TRICKETT MP
