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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Martin Bagot

Doctors warn health spending cuts in deprived areas will cause 'downward spiral'

Britain’s doctors are demanding Tory axeman Rishi Sunak spares the poorest from “austerity 2.1” this week.

The new president of the British Medical Association warns that “perverse” public health cuts have hit poorer areas hardest in the last decade so many people are too sick to work by their 50s.

On Thursday the Government is set to outline £35 billion in public spending cuts in the autumn statement.

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