(UK) Spending cuts are making people physically ill, says Labour’s shadow disabilities minist

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http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/spending-cuts-are-making-people-physically-ill-says-labour-s-shadow-disabilities-minister-a6673336.html

Office for National Statistics figures released in 2014 found that the cumulative impact of all health inequalities was that Britain’s poorest live on average nine years less than the richest

Spending cuts are making people physically ill, says Labour’s shadow disabilities minister
Jon stone
Wednesday 30 September 2015 11:04 BST

Inequality in access to health treatment cannot be beaten without tackling wider inequality in society and the economy, Labour’s shadow disabilities minister has said.

Speaking at her party’s annual conference in Brighton, Debbie Abrahams said government policies outside the areas traditionally thought of as “health policy” still had an effect on health.

She said cuts were having a significant impact on health of the poorest in society.

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“The biggest difference you can make around health is about making sure that we have a taxation policy that is not going to be affecting the bottom 20 per cent in a regressive way.