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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Liam James

Regional divides widening as Britain gets ‘sicker and poorer’, report finds

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Regional inequality is growing in Britain as the whole country gets “sicker and poorer”, research has found.

Widespread ill health is shrinking the workforce and cutting productivity across the UK but a new report makes the case that the suffering is not distributed evenly; striking a blow at the government’s levelling up agenda.

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