Given that life in poverty is so unpleasant it is heartening to know that inequality causes the poorest to live 10 years less than the rich. It is heartening to know they don't have to suffer for as long.
To be fair apparently recently things were getting mildly better for the poor but like as not with the swinging Tory cuts expected to hit the poor hardest the gap between rich and poor life expectancy will likely start increasing again.
Still given the narrowing of the gap was due to belated NHS action I shudder to think what the life expectancy gap between rich and poor in the US is.
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