Kieran Lamb
The Government is failing to close the gap in life expectancy between people who live in the most deprived parts of England and the rest of the country.
Ministers set a target in 2004 to address geographical inequalities in life expectancy, cancer, heart disease, stroke and related diseases. Success is monitored by comparing the progress of England as a whole with equivalent progress of the Spearhead Group of 70 local authority areas in the bottom fifth for factors including life expectancy at birth and cancer mortality rates.
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