Our new book, Social Murder? Austerity and Life Expectancy in the UK, shows how austerity policies have been the most important cause of this change in trends, leading to hundreds of thousands of ...

He did not look at other parts of the UK. Between ... He explained social factors such as education, employment and working conditions and poverty all affected life expectancy by influencing ...

life expectancy would tend to be lived in relatively good health.” The research, which was commissioned by the UK Department for Health and Social Care, includes mortality data on men from the ...