The leader of Northumberland County Council has stressed that tackling the county's inequalities will remain a key focus of his administration going into 2023.
Conservative leader Coun Glen Sanderson made a "call to action" last year at the authority's inequalities summit, with the council and other stakeholders looking to try and address long-standing issues within the county.
Life expectancy for people living in the least deprived areas of Northumberland is 87 years whilst for those living in the most deprived areas it is just 75. The council last year said the gap was "preventable and unacceptable" and some people became "ill too soon" and were "dying too young."
