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'Unacceptable' teeth health gap - BBC Health News 29th October 2009
"There is an "unacceptable and growing chasm" between good and poor dental health in the UK, dentists warn.
Greater focus is needed on prevention, especially in children living in deprived areas, a report from the British Dental Association (BDA), says. "
Cameron pledges end to poverty trap for jobless - The Independent 28th October 2009
"Some of Britain's unemployed are worse off when they accept a job, David Cameron claimed yesterday as he promised to simplify the country's benefits system and put an end to the "poverty trap"."
One in four households trapped in fuel poverty - The Independent 22nd October 2009
"One in four families are struggling to afford heat and power, according to new figures which show the Government is losing the battle against "fuel poverty".
The number of households in fuel poverty, where at least 10 per cent of income is spent on gas and electricity, rose by 15 per cent to 4 million in 2007, statistics from the Department for Energy and Climate Change showed. A projection for this year suggests there are 6.6 million British homes in fuel poverty, almost treble the number five years ago."
Big variation in life expectancy - BBC Health News 21st October 2009
"Babies born in Scotland have the average lowest life expectancy in the UK, latest figures show.
The Office for National Statistics figures for 2006-08 show males in Scotland can expect to live to 75 years, and females to 79.9 years."
Autistic jobseekers 'written off' - BBC Health News 13th October 2009
"People with autism are condemned to financial hardship by poor employment and benefits support, a charity says.
The National Autistic Society (NAS) is calling for a national strategy to help people with autism into work. "
People with autism 'condemnded to poverty' - The Independent 12th October 2009
"Fewer than one in six people with autism are in full-time employment and a third live without a job or benefits, the National Autistic Society says.
In a report, the charity accuses the Government of condemning people with autism to a life of poverty. "
Indigenous tribes more vulnerable in swine flu outbreaks - The Independent on Sunday 11th October 2
"The only road to St Theresa Point in north-eastern Manitoba is made of ice and lasts just two months. The remote community's 3,200 people, most of them Cree Indians, are squeezed into 530 homes, more than half of them without running water. Until June, a doctor flew in once a week for three days. But since an outbreak of swine flu left more than 200 people ill and sent 12 by air ambulance to Winnipeg, 600km (375 miles) away, Health Canada has been ferrying in more doctors. This autumn, in preparation for the flu season, it is also delivering something else: a supply of body bags."
For richer, for poorer: David Cameron promises to back business and fight poverty - The Times 9th October 2009
"David Cameron presented himself as a champion of the poor yesterday as he vowed to fight Britain’s social ills more effectively than Labour.
He brought the Conservative Party conference to its feet with an attack on Labour’s “big government”, which he said had failed the most vulnerable. While maintaining that the Tories were still the party of enterprise he said that it now fell to them to “fight for the poorest”. "
Poverty is not the only thing poor children suffer from - Daily Telegraph 10th Spetember 2009
The poverty of aspiration which blights so many young people's lives is Dickensian in its extent, says Lesley Ward.
Child poverty reduced if both parents work - The Guardian 11th September 2009
Both parents in families living below the breadline will be urged to go to work to lift their children out of poverty, one of the ministers responsible for developing the government's child poverty strategy said yesterday.
Conceding that it was now unlikely New Labour's pledge to halve the number of children living in poverty by 2010 would be met, the financial secretary, Stephen Timms, said the state of the economy had forced the government to rethink how best to fulfil the longer term goal of eradicating child poverty in the UK by 2020.
Child poverty: Still with us - The Guardian 11th September 2009
Labour's objective of halving child poverty by 2010 was always ambitious, if only because the government has been so loathe to tackle widening inequality. This summer's child poverty bill was welcome evidence that it had not abandoned the fight even as the deepening recession eroded earlier gains. However, as we report today, the Treasury is still confident that work is the best route to take children out of poverty - even though half of all poor children do have one working parent.
No change in health gap from 1900 - BBC Health News 11th September 2009
The link between poverty and early death is as strong today as it was a century ago, a study shows.
Despite major changes in the causes of death since the 1900s, the association between deprivation and mortality remains "firmly entrenched", it found.
Middle classes to lose out under Harman's equality plan - Daily Telegraph 9th September 2009
Middle class areas could lose out under Harriet Harman’s law to narrow the gap between rich and poor, which could see schools and the NHS told to target spending in working-class areas.
Harman puts class war at top of the agenda - Daily Mail 9th September 2009
Proposals which would effectively force public bodies to discriminate against Middle Britain will be a top government priority, Harriet Harman will say later today.
Labour's deputy leader will vow to press ahead with plans to make every authority legally bound to close the gap between rich and poor.
Health in Hyndburn is ‘getting worse’ - Lancashire Telegraph 23rd August 2009
DEPRIVATION and health problems are getting worse across a borough, according to the latest figures.
Hyndburn has slipped from the position of 58th most deprived authority in the country to the 40th since 2004. The figures were released as part of an in-depth look into the borough’s health, which claims that deprivation is having an increased effect on residents’ health.
Poor 'lacking lung cancer help' - BBC Health News 21st August 2009
The poorest people in the UK are least likely to receive treatment when they get lung cancer, a study suggests.
Analysis of data from 35,000 lung cancer patients in northern England found living in a deprived area cut the chance of treatment such as surgery.
Heart death risk for poorer Scots - BBC Health News 13th July 2009
Young Scots from deprived backgrounds are six times more likely to die from heart disease than affluent people in the same age group, research suggests.
The Liverpool research looked at death rates from heart disease for those aged 35-44 from 1986 to 2006.
Life expectancy gap between rich and poor is widening - The Guardian 3rd January 2009
The gap in life expectancy between the prosperous middle classes and those in the most deprived homes is widening sharply, latest health figures show.
The emerging pattern suggests that the well-off are adopting healthier lifestyles while the poor are still drinking and smoking and cannot afford to change diets.
Alcohol link to one in 25 deaths - - BBC Health News 25th June 2009
One in 25 deaths across the world are linked to alcohol consumption, Canadian experts have suggested.
Writing in the Lancet, the team from the University of Toronto added that the level of disease linked to drinking affects poorest people the most.
No progress made on Scottish child poverty for five years - The Guardian 29th May 2009
Ten years ago Scotland led the way in tackling child poverty, but in the last five years figures have remained unchanged
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