Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Michael Marmot

This is a life and death story for the UK – so why is it being brushed under the carpet?

The news that healthy life expectancy is in decline in Britain exposes a serious truth about the state we’re in, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

The Guardian - UK

Inequality killing on a ‘grand scale’ globally, experts warn

It comes as a new report from the WHO revealed targets designed to help tackle global health inequalities within a generation will not be met.

The Independent UK

Benefit cuts will push more people into poverty, warns Citizens Advice boss

Exclusive: Clare Moriarty hits out at Labour’s plan as ‘short-term action’ with ‘long-term consequences’ in rare intervention

The Guardian - UK

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Structural racism leading to stark health inequalities in London, report shows

Exclusive: Review finds poverty and daily racism result in poor mental and physical health for some ethnic groups

The Guardian - UK

UK in ‘worse state’ to deal with pandemic than before Covid, say experts

Health professionals argue inequalities, crisis in NHS and pressure in care homes leave Britain vulnerable

The Guardian - UK

Revealed: students at top private schools have 10 times more green space than state pupils

Guardian investigation finds pupils at England’s wealthiest schools have much greater access to land, with implications for mental health

The Guardian - UK

Green space could be even better for young brains than we realised

Science on specific benefits for children’s behaviour and thinking is catching up with established wellbeing claims

The Guardian - UK

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Almost 10m UK households living in ‘cold, damp, poorly insulated homes’

Exclusive: Analysis also shows same number would probably not be able to afford cost of improved insulation

The Guardian - UK

‘It is shameful’: why the return of Victorian-era diseases to the UK alarms health experts

There has been a surge in cases of scabies and measles – both highly contagious – as well as rickets and scurvy, conditions we thought had been eradicated. Are public health cuts to blame?

The Guardian - UK

To fix the pensions crisis, we must first reduce poverty

Letters: Prof Elspeth Webb says raising the pension age will not address the problems created by health inequity and poverty among older people. Plus letters from Ged Whitney, Nick Watson and Alison Loris

The Guardian - UK

Health inequalities ‘caused 1m early deaths in England in last decade’

Exclusive: Review by Michael Marmot decries ‘shocking political failure’ behind differing life expectancies across country

The Guardian - UK

Britain’s hunger and malnutrition crisis could be easily solved – yet politicians choose not to

We have more than enough to go round, but large proportions of the population lack the basic necessities of life, says Michael Marmot of UCL

The Guardian - UK

The climate crisis will amplify the UK’s existing health inequalities

A public health agency report issues a stark warning: the impact of changing climate on health is proportionately negative to the most disadvantaged

The Guardian - UK

David Cameron left Britain exposed to the pandemic – where’s the outrage?

Boris Johnson’s party antics of course deserve scrutiny, but a chief architect of our woeful Covid response has virtually got away with it, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

The Guardian - UK

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Chronicle Live

'Quite a few flaws' in pandemic planning: Newcastle professor gives evidence in first week of Covid-19 Inquiry

Prof Clare Bambra and Prof Michael Marmot gave evidence at the Covid-19 Inquiry in its first week.

The Independent UK

UK ‘underprepared for severe pandemic because of planning for no-deal Brexit’

A Cabinet Office official accepted that lockdowns, lengthy closure of schools and ‘total economic collapse’ were not considered in pandemic planning.

The Guardian - UK

UK Covid inquiry: what we learned from the first week of the hearings

Government’s readiness for pandemic, health inequalities and testimonies of bereaved families featured at opening of inquiry

The Guardian - UK

Poor people hit hardest by Covid because of NHS cuts, experts say

Worst affected were those in northern England from minority ethnic backgrounds, inquiry told

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Evening Standard

Covid inquiry: UK entered pandemic with ‘depleted’ public services, hearing told

An expert report highlighted health inequalities in the UK, such as in life expectancy and deaths

The Independent UK

UK entered pandemic with ‘depleted’ public services, inquiry hears

An expert report highlighted health inequalities in the UK, such as in life expectancy and deaths.

Daily Mirror

Tory politicians 'choosing' not to reduce grim child poverty levels, warns expert

University College London's Professor Sir Michael Marmot said the UK is 'on track to make child poverty worse' - and said the Government could spend more on children in their early year but refused to do so, blaming high taxes

The Independent UK

Expert accuses politicians of choosing not to reduce child poverty

Professor Sir Michael Marmot accused those in charge of blaming high taxes for inaction.

The Guardian - UK

Labour would put prevention at the heart of its revival of the NHS

Letters: The shadow health secretary, Wes Streeting, responds to an article about Labour’s plans for NHS reform, while Dr Charlotte Bryson and Richard Rosser write about health inequality – and privatisation

The Guardian - UK

Labour’s Wes Streeting is half right about how to fix the NHS

Yes, reform is necessary. But without increases in spending as well, Britain will continue to be the sick man of Europe, says epidemiologist Michael Marmot

The Guardian - UK

Colin Beattie ‘steps back’ as SNP treasurer following arrest amid party finance investigation – as it happened

Beattie said he would step back with immediate effect and was cooperating fully with police investigation

1 2

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

University College London

Covid19 Bereaved Families for Justice

10 stories

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.