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Gareth Lightfoot

Dire warning over falling life expectancy rates in County Durham

A Durham councillor has warned public health funding may be cut in the future amid figures on falling life expectancies.

Councillor David Boyes spoke of his worries about health, the economy and crime as statistics showed drops in life expectancies before and during the Covid-19 pandemic.

He said: “It’s distressing as a ward councillor when you see people who are being really negatively affected by it.

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