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Professor Michael Marmot said the UK is in ‘serious trouble’ when asked the country’s standard of living.

More than 75,000 children are stuck in temporary accommodation in London due to the lack of homes and the shortfall in housing benefit allowances, experts have warned.

Winter ‘humanitarian crisis’ will damage children’s lungs and brain development

When two-thirds of the population face fuel poverty, it is clear that we’ll need more than just quick fixes to this crisis, says professor of epidemiology Michael Marmot

The Government must act to prevent an estimated 55% of UK households plunging into fuel poverty by January, an expert review said.

Exclusive: Sir Michael Marmot criticises focus on personal responsibility over official action

As ministers plan to publish the first women’s health strategy we look at where things are going wrong – and why

Letters: Jonathan Hauxwell, Peter Philpott, Sheila Hollins and Jeremy Cushing despair at the bleak picture of health inequality in Britain as revealed by Michael Marmot

Poverty is literally a matter of life and death for those on the margins, and the government has so far failed to step in, says Michael Marmot, director of the UCL Institute of Health Equity