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Would action on inequality have saved Labour?
Author(s)	Gerry McCartney, Chik Collins, Danny Dorling
Journal title	British Medical Journal, vol 340, no 7761, 26 June 2010
Pages	p 1388 (Observations)
Source	www.bmj.com BMJ2010;340:c3294
Keywords	Health [elderly] ; Poverty ; Demography ; Labour.
Annotation	Had Labour narrowed rather than widened the mortality gap in the UK during its term of government, the balance of the current parliament might have been a bit different - possibly enough to have facilitated a coalition that would have seen Labour remain in power. The authors ponder the role of older voters in the 1997, 2001 and 2005 elections, and how many were still around to vote in 2010. One of New Labour's manifesto commitments in 1997 was to tackle the underlying causes of bad health and reduce health inequalities. However, national statistics show an increasing gap in life expectancy between the worst and best local authorities, from under 9 years in 1997 to almost 13 years by 2007. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-100630208 A
Classmark	CC: W6: S8: VL3 *
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