Appearing at the Festival of Debate in Sheffield last week, Sir Michael highlighted the nation’s economic inequality as having an impact on health outcomes.
In what moral universe could that be the right thing to do? Is it possible that the government looked and said 'The sicker the area, the more money we'll take away from them?'. Or is it absent-mindedness, did they take the money away for some other reason? Does that make it any better? 'They have destroyed local government and destroyed it more in the deprived, sicker areas where they need it most.
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